Ramzan Kadyrov, the first deputy prime minister of Chechnya in Russia, said that because the decade-long separatist war in the republic had taken a toll on its male population, men there should be legally allowed to have several wives.



In an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio, Mr. Kadyrov, considered the most powerful man in the republic, said, “Chechnya needs that because it has a war and, statistically, the number of women is 10 percent larger than the number of men.” Russian law restricts citizens to one marriage, but Islamic custom allows up to four wives.



At least Chechens would no longer long for paradise with the promise of virgins as they will have ample opportunities in their homeland for living with more than one wife.



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