Chechen regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov, center, and other officials attend the opening ceremony of the Veduchi ski resort. Visitors ski prior to the opening of the Veduchi ski resort. “And in Titiev’s case, I don’t even have the smallest hope.”Up at the ski resort, Kadyrov had played his role. The ski resort has just one working chairlift, a half-mile long. Both the prosecutor and his bodyguard had donned matching, brilliant white snowsuits for the event, though neither intended to ski.

Source: Washington Post January 28, 2018 17:42 UTC