Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov orders divorced couples to reunite

In Russia’s Chechnya, one man’s word is often as good as law, and that man is leader Ramzan Kadyrov, the self-described footsoldier of Vladimir Putin and servant of Allah. His most recent word, meant to tackle extremism in the predominantly Muslim region, was that parents should not divorce and that former spouses should reignite the bonds of matrimony.

Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov orders divorced couples to reunite