Putin pays visit to Chechnya

Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unannounced visit to Chechnya today, laying flowers at the grave of the war-ravaged region’s assassinated president.

Putin arrived early this morning in Akhmad Kadyrov’s home village of Tsentoroi. He placed flowers at Kadyrov’s grave along with Kadyrov’s son and Alu Alkhanov, the Kremlin’s favoured candidate in August 29 elections.