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Kadyrov condemns assault on Buddhist man in Moscow
Buddhism

Kadyrov condemns assault on Buddhist man in Moscow

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Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov has commented on the video, which shows a man dressed in traditional Buddhist attire being hit in the face by two males, presumably from the North Caucasus. The video has spread in social networks. The video titled ‘Daghestani peacekeepers “fighting” for justice in Myanmar on the streets of Moscow’ was uploaded in Russian social network VKontakte on 19 September. The 15-second-long video shows two men asking a person wearing characteristic attire whether he is

Russian Muslims break with Kremlin over Myanmar
Chechnya

Russian Muslims break with Kremlin over Myanmar

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As Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis rages on, Muslims in Russia have come out in support of the country’s Muslim minority — while Moscow is supporting the government of Myanmar. Last week, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, a Rohingya insurgent group, attacked several police stations and a military base in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. This sparked a wave of violence in the country largely affecting its civilian population. According to the BBC more than 123,000 Rohingya have fled their homes in th

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