Chechen leader tells men to lock up their women and keep them off whatsapp

[Larry1]

Here is some background to this story for those readers who are not familiar with Chechnya. Chechnya is located in Russia's North Caucasus region. It was a Muslim area conquered by Tsarist Russia in the 19th century. Over the last decade or two there has been a great deal of fighting there between Muslim separatists and the Russian authorities.  Ramzan Kadyrov is the boss there.

And Whatsapp is a communications app that allows free communication between mobile phones.

A member of the Presidential Human Rights Council called for a probe Wednesday into the recent scandal-mired wedding between a Chechen police chief and his 17-year-old second bride, shortly after the republic's outspoken leader Ramzan Kadyrov stirred even more controversy by calling for men to lock up their wives.

Yelena Masyuk, well-known journalist and member of the human rights council, pointed out in a recent blog post several suspected legal issues with the marriage between Nazhud Guchigov — a man variously reported to be in his late 40s to mid 50s — and teenager Kheda (Luiza) Goylabiyeva... 

Following the wedding, Kadyrov — who himself attended the controversial reception — lashed out over the jokes and gossip that had apparently become pervasive on popular instant messaging application WhatsApp since the wedding.

During a television address, Kadyrov urged men to stop the cycle of banter by keeping their women under lock and key.

"Lock them in, do not let them go out, then they will not post anything," Kadyrov — speaking in Chechen — instructed the men among his viewers, according to the BBC. "Behave like Chechens. The family honor is the most important thing," he implored them.

In case merely locking the women up fails to do the trick, Kadyrov took it up a notch by then instructing the men to "take your women out of WhatsApp," according to the BBC.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/amid-heightened-scrutiny-kadyrov-urges-chechen-men-to-lock-up-their-wives/521903.html

What are your thoughts about this?

[lordtiberius]

Kadyrov is a friend of Putin.  People who disagree with Putin or Kadyrov end up dead.  What does that tell you?

[AC]

What are your thoughts about this?

Who cares.  I would not even call this news.

[STaty]

Ramzan Kadyrov urged to refuse the American social networks and messengers as they carry out recruitment of youth by extremist groups.

http://actualcomment.ru/rossiya-bez-whatsapp.html

[Boethius]

He can't keep Russian women who are not in Chechnya under lock and key.  Those are the ones who protested this forced marriage, and they are the ones mocking him and his entourage.

[lordtiberius]

Kadyrov will likely lead post-Putin Russia.  For a man who poo pops American social networks, he is on Instagram a lot.