Chechnya’s leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, said he was not offended by Pope Francis’ remarks about the “persecution” of Chechens. The Chechen leader said this in an interview with the program. “60 minutes” On the TV channel “Russia 1”.
“He’s an adult, you can call him an old man, someone over there said to him, ‘Say. We see that he is not an independent person. Kadyrov is against religion as it is not accepted anywhere in the religion he allows today.”
According to him, if the pope “opposes religion”, “what is debatable” if he makes such statements about Russian warriors.
Kadyrov described the Chechen army as the kindest people who “sacrificed themselves for others.” The politician expressed the view that Pope Francis did not understand this and forgot “what are the values of life” because he spent his whole life “somewhere in a convent”.
“Therefore, I do not resent him, he is too old to be offended,” added the head of the Chechnya Republic.
In November last year, Pope Francis in an interview with the Christian magazine America judicial The inhabitants of two Russian regions – Buryatia and Chechnya – are the most brutal during armed operations in the zone of special military operations in Ukraine. Answering a question about his attitude to what is happening in the republic, the pope said that the Ukrainian people can be compared with the martyrs.
Kadyrov in late December declarationHe said he accepted the Pope’s apology for his remarks about Chechens.