Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has rejected accusations that human rights are being violated in the region.

“Where did I violate human rights? On the contrary, we are fighting and dying to protect human rights. In Chechnya stopped the war, and destroyed international terrorism. I thought they would give me the Nobel Prize, that I was fighting terrorism”, - said Chechen leader.

Instead, sanctions were imposed against him, Kadyrov said, adding that it was “unfair”.

He recalled that in Afghanistan, “2 million dead, how many are the military operations, America cannot do anything”, while in Chechnya the order has been restored, the region “lives peacefully, develops, 1.5 million people live quietly”.