Chechen Leader Denies Anti-Gay Purge in Putin Meeting
After International Outcry, Issue on Kremlin Agenda
![Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the southern Russian region of Chechnya, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia April 19, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-04-chechnya-russia-eca-putin-kadyrov.jpg?itok=L1IH3l0M)
After International Outcry, Issue on Kremlin Agenda
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