US Secretary of State has no right to enter Chechnya: Ramazan Kadyrov

The President of the Autonomous Republic of Chechnya, Russia, has emphasized that the US Secretary of State has no right to enter Chechnya.

Expressing disgust with the US government’s sanctions against him and his family members, Ramzan Kadyrov said: “If I have committed a crime, what do my children have to do with it?”

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also said on Thursday: “The US State Department sanctions against Ramazan Kadyrov are merely a continuation of Washington’s anti-Russian policy.”

The Chechen Muslim Spiritual administration has issued a statement accusing the US government of human rights abuses against Ramzan Kadyrov as “baseless” and “disgusting.”In response to this hostile move, Chechen Muslim clerics have decided to declare the US State Department the number one terrorist organization.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced last week that Washington had officially added Ramzan Kadyrov and his family to the US sanctions list.