Depardieu, Instagram and Ramzan Kadyrov’s ‘adorable side’

... how another ‘Russian’ leader is portrayed, in reference to both masculinity and international politics. Over the past few weeks the British press have covered two stories on Kadyrov – the first being Gerard Depardieu’s visit to Chechnya; the second Kadyrov’saccount on the internet photo-sharing site instagram. These stories were picked up by a broad cross-section of the press, from the right-wing ‘tabloid’ Daily Mail to the centrist, ‘broadsheet’ Independent. While these papers occupy different places on the ideological spectrum,...