The US State Department did not ignore the recent visit of former UFC champions to the Chechen Republic, as well as the connections of some fighters of the strongest league in the world with the leader of the region, Ramzan Kadyrov.
“The State Department is aware of Kadyrov’s ties to Chechen UFC fighters,” a US State Department spokesman told MMA Junkie. “With regard to the recent visit of three UFC fighters to Chechnya, we reiterate that US citizens should not travel to Russia, and those who are there should leave it immediately. Our recommendations for traveling to Russia remain the same – do not travel.”
“This is due to a number of factors, including the presence of Russian military forces in Ukraine, the possibility of harassment of US citizens by Russian security forces, up to and including detention, the arbitrary application of local laws, restrictions on flights to and from Russia, and the limited ability of the embassy to provide assistance to US citizens. in Russia”
On the eve of Justin Geytzhi, in the company of Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo, who visited Chechnya, had to publicly justify himself on social networks because of this trip, during which the fighters became guests at the birthday party of the son of the head of the republic, and also visited the training ground of the Russian University of Special Forces in Gudermes, where fired from various types of small arms.
The State Department spokesman did not specify whether the trip of the former UFC champions to Russia violates the personal sanctions imposed by the US government on Ramzan Kadyrov, or whether this statement is advisory in nature.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/30260-gosdep-ssha-sdelal-zayavlenie-o-svyazyakh-bojtsov-ufc-s-ramzanom-kadyrovym.html?rand=19907
