Kadyrov said his son beat a young prisoner in a video, and praised him.
Kadyrov said his son beat a young prisoner in a video, and praised him.
  • Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Monday that he's "proud" of his son for beating a prisoner.
  • He published a video of Adam Kadyrov, 15, punching, kicking, and slapping a cowering man.
  • The prisoner is accused of burning the Quran outside a mosque in Volgograd.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia's Chechen Republic, lauded his teenage son on Monday for beating up a prisoner accused of burning the Quran, the holy text of Islam.

Kadyrov published a video of the beatdown on Telegram, writing that he was "proud" of his son's actions.