Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov wants men to stop their wives from using popular app, WhatsApp.
The leader was reacting to after a message that a woman shared on the messaging platform caused fury from may people in Chenchnya according to BBC.
The girld Kheda Goylabiyeva is said to have shared information about her forced marriage to a man she did not want which caused anger from many people using the service in the country.
“Lock them in, do not let them go out, then they will not post anything,” Ramzan Kadyrov was quoted as saying.
Mr Kadyrov had earlier backed a police chief’s marriage to a 17-year-old, even though he was already married, in apparent violation of Russian laws.
Before the ceremony, local media reported that police chief Nazhud Guchigov, 47, had prevented Kheda Goylabiyeva from leaving her home and threatened her family with reprisals if they did not hand her over.
His chief of staff has since proposed legalising polygamy in Chechnya.
Mr Kadyrov, an authoritarian leader and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has in recent years outlawed the abduction of brides and underage marriage.
He is also thought to be in favour of polygamy. His top aide Magomed Daudov said: “It all has to be in keeping with Sharia: But if a man can support more than one wife, then why not?”
Most people in Chechnya, a Russian republic in the North Caucasus are Muslim.
