A memorial in central Kazakhstan honoring Akhmat Kadyrov, the late Kremlin-backed leader of Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya, has reportedly been vandalized. The 1ADAT opposition Chechen Telegram channel published two videos on August 7 purporting to show several unidentified people painting the word "traitor" on both sides of the memorial in the town of Kishi Saran and using a sledgehammer to smash a commemorative plaque at the site of the Kazakh house where Kadyrov was born in 1951 during the deportation of Chechens. Kadyrov, the father of Chechnya's current pro-Kremlin authoritarian leader Ramzan Kadyrov, was killed in an attack in May 2004 in Grozny. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Caucasus.Realities, click here.
Memorial Honoring Late Kremlin-Backed Leader Of Chechnya Vandalized In Kazakhstan
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