26 January 2004 Chechnya’s president wins Saudi Arabia’s recognition, and calls for extra powers from Moscow. MOSCOW, Russia–Akhmed Kadyrov is a former mufti, or supreme Islamic cleric. So Saudi Arabia and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina may have seemed the natural destination of Kadyrov’s first official trip abroad as president of Chechnya. However, the trip was as much […]
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