Swank 'regrets' Chechnya visit

Hollywood celebrity Hilary Swank has said she “deeply regrets” visiting a concert held on the Kremlin-backed Chechen leader’s birthday.

Swank 'regrets' Chechnya visit

Hollywood celebrity Hilary Swank has said she “deeply regrets” visiting a concert held on the Kremlin-backed Chechen leader’s birthday.

The two-time Oscar winner said today that she was unaware of abductions, extrajudicial killings and other grave abuses that Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov orchestrated in the region, according to respected human rights groups and survivors.

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