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Kadyrov tests football skills
Chechnya's controversial leader leads local team in match against Brazil in capital Grozny.
Last Modified: 09 Mar 2011 05:28 GMT

Brazil and Chechnya may be unlikely sporting rivals, but that did not deter Ramzan Kadyrov, the controversial leader of Chechnya, setting up a football match against some of Brazil's biggest football stars.

And as Al Jazeera's Neave Barker reports, Kadyrov himself led the local team onto the pitch. 

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