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Convicted rapist Alexander Emelianenko now coaches Ramzan Kadyrov’s 12-year-old son

Alexander Emelianenko — a convicted rapist and the brother of legendary heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko — is currently keeping himself busy by training Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov’s 12year-old son in MMA.

Emelianenko, who has spent the last few years living part-time in Chechnya and cultivating a strange friendship with Kadyrov, posted a video on social media of him training Kadyrov’s son, Adam. The video showed each of them wearing a pair of boxing gloves and sparring for the camera.

Emelianenko is not the only notable fighter to train Kadyrov’s children over the past few years.