By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 07:58 EST, 22 May 2013 | UPDATED: 10:27 EST, 22 May 2013 At first blush, it sounds like an unlikely union. But it appears Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has found a new friend in actress Liz Hurley after the pair bonded over his pet kitten. The former rebel fighter and Miss Hurley met after she arrived in Chechnya to begin filming a thriller with French actor Gerard Depardieu. The pair can be seen chatting and apparently bonding over a cute fluffy white kitten in a series of images posted on the Chechen leader's Instagram account.
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Hurley met Ramzan Kadyrov when she arrived in Chechnya to film a movie
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Actress is starring in a new thriller with French actor Gerard Depardieu
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Depardieu and former rebel leader Kadyrov have been friends for two years
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