John Oliver Helps Chechnya’s Leader Find His Cat
On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver started a campaign to help find Chechnyan leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s cat. Kadyrov posted on his Instagram account that the cat was missing and asked his country for help. The request was covered by the nation’s news channels.
Oliver went on to explain that while Kadyrov’s request seemed endearing, the leader has been accused of human rights violations. His Wikipedia page has an entire subsection devoted to it. Oliver said, “The mere existence of that is pretty damning. It’s like having a subsection for ‘1997 Forklift DUI’ or ‘Aftermath of Howard University Commencement Speech.’ You don’t even need to know the details to know it cannot be good.”
To help Chechnya avoid the wrath of Kadyrov, Oliver enlisted the help of the Internet to help find the treasured cat. He created #findkadyrovscat and encouraged people to post at Kadyrov. “Send him a message reading simply, ‘I have seen your cat.’ If you have not seen his cat, then contact him with a message reading, ‘I have not seen your cat.’ And if you’ve seen something that looks like his cat, but you’re not sure, take a photo, and send it with the message, ‘Is this your cat?’”
Last Week Tonight airs Sundays at 11:00 p.m. at HBO.
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