Kadyrov on Prigozhin's rebellion: "What is happening is a knife in the back"

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, made a statement in connection with the military-political crisis. He called Prigozhin's actions a military rebellion and betrayal, stressing that there was no justification for them.

“Everything that happens is a knife in the back and a real military mutiny! It must be suppressed, and if it is necessary to take tough measures for this, then we are ready, ”Kadyrov wrote on social networks. Regarding the situation in Rostov, he said that the fighters of the Ministry of Defense and the Russian Guard in Chechnya had left for zones of tension.

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