Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov and HBO host John Oliver are locked in a public spat over a lost cat.
First, Kadyrov — the leader of the Russian republic of Chechnya whose forces have been accused of torture — asked his 1.8 million Instagram followers for help finding his missing cat.
“We have completely lost our cat,” the staunch ally of Russian President Vladmir Putin posted, according to a translation from The Guardian. “We have begun to seriously worry.” He appealed to his followers for any information about the feline’s whereabouts.