Host Max Gershberg is joined by journalist Karim Zidan. Zidan has reported on Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov since 2017. It’s been reported that  Kadyrov uses an MMA fight-club as an apparatus of power and military might and Zidan joins to speak to the unusual events taking place.

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