The notorious Chechen dictator stood in the garden surrounding his palace residence in Chechnya on May 18, 2021, where he addressed the several thousand subscribers tuned into his livestream on Instagram. Among them was an anonymous follower who posted a message referring to Kadyrov as a “Shaitan” (Arabic for Satan/Devil).
Staring directly into the camera, Kadyrov responded by threatening to “destroy” the anonymous follower.
“If you write this to me, then I will find you and we will see which of us is a shaitan,” Kadyrov said during the broadcast. “You will not sleep at night.