Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov has responded to a US State Department World Cup travel notice urging US citizens to avoid the North Caucasus, “including Chechnya and Mount Elbrus, due to civil unrest and terrorism.”
“The State Department strongly advises US citizens from traveling to the north Caucasus, listing all regions. Why? Apparently the whole ‘north Caucasus faces civil unrest and terrorist attacks.' As the saying goes, they lie and without batting an eye!” the Chechen leader wrote on his Telegram account.
“What unrest and terrorism is the State Department talking about? Perhaps they've mixed up the United States and Russia. Are the systematic massacres of children in American schools also presented as something taking place in Russia?” Kadyrov asked, pointing to the spate of school shootings that plague the US.
Kadyrov then turned the wrath of his virtual pen to the Western media's biased coverage of the Russian World Cup, specifically as it relates to Chechnya. Earlier this month, The Guardian published a story titled “All eyes on Ramzan Kadyrov as Chechnya hosts Egypt in World Cup,” with author Andrew Roth calling the Egyptians' training base in Chechnya a “dubious grand prize.”
“Dubious prize? Whose opinion is the newspaper stating here? The Egyptians are based at the best football complex in all of Europe, they live in a beautiful hotel, are surrounded by thousands of fans, and…
