Like me, I'm an autocrat: Kadyrov cradles his missing cat for his Instagram audience. Source: Instagram. Comedian John Oliver brought Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov into American homes on his show Last Week Tonight in late May, when he mocked the controversial figure for his Instagrammed appeal to find his missing cat.
As a general overview of Kadyrov’s Instagram account, Oliver’s segment was quite comprehensive. The show noted Kadyrov’s work outs (one of his most frequent type of Instagram posts), prompting Oliver to call Kadyrov “a can of Monster Energy drink come to life”. It profiled Kadyrov’s conspicuous love of Putin, evidenced by the numerous posts of Kadyrov and his associates wearing Putin t-shirts.
It also featured Kadyrov’s love of animals, segueing into his lost cat. American programmes hardly cover Russian regional politics at all, and yet here, the hashtag #FindKadyrovsCat was born.
