FILE PHOTO: Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at a residence near Moscow, Russia August 31, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The leader of Russia's Muslim-majority Chechnya region said on Tuesday that French President Emmanuel Macron was inspiring terrorists by justifying cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad as protected by free speech rights.
Ramzan Kadyrov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, made the comments after France warned its citizens living or travelling in several Muslim-majority countries to take extra security precautions because of anger over the cartoons.
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