A photo claiming to show the Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov has made the rounds on social media, and in international media outlets. In the photo, Kadyrov is said to be praying in a petrol station in Mariupol, the strategic port city where Chechen fighters are currently helping Russian troops to vie for control. But the Chechen leader never claimed that the photo was taken in Mariupol; indeed, it was taken more than 200 kilometres away.
A photo of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov was shared on Twitter on March 29 with the claim: ”The head of Chechnya republic Kadyrov desperately wants people to think he is fighting in #Ukraine [...] Now he says is in Mariupol and posts this picture, not realizing, but there are no Rosneft stations in Ukraine.” In the picture, we can see Ramzan Kadyrov praying on a carpet in a petrol station.
