People with COVID-19 who won't self-isolate should be killed, says president of Chechnya

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• The threat by the Chechnya leader is credible because of Ramzan Kadyrov's long history of allegedly murdering people who displease him.
• Coronavirus victims have already been forced to confess on Chechen TV.
• Kadyrov's security forces have previously jailed, beaten, and killed LGBT community members.

People who fail to self-quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 should be killed, said Ramzan Kadyrov, the president of Chechnya said during an interview with local state-run media on March 23.

The threat — reported by a Chechen television journalist after a private meeting with the close political ally of Russian Vladimir Putin — was immediately taken as credible in Russian media circles because of Kadyrov's long history of crushing political dissent, and allegedly murdering people who displease him since he took near-total control of the region in 2005. Chechnya is a semi-autonomous republic within Russia's sphere of control.

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