The mass murder of Muslims in Myanmar has prompted Chechnya’s dictatorial President Ramzan Kadyrov to take a rare political stance at odds with the Kremlin, revealing a shaky balance of power within Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Myanmar’s persecution of the Rohingya minority has not only infuriated citizens of Pakistan and Indonesia. It has led to an unprecedented set of protests by Muslims in Russia itself – most notably in Moscow.
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The sun sets over the Heart of Chechnya mosque in central Grozny on July 24.
