He is actively endorsing one of the men who carry the most guilt for those abhorrent crimes. He took time out of his day to make sure, that Kadyrow could use his image to gain followers, respect, and fame thorughout the world, thus gaining strength and power to further advance his terrible agenda.
It doesn’t matter if he knew him before. He knew him afterwards. He didn’t do anything to seriously distance himself from him. Nothing.
He even gladly became an honorary citizen of Czechnya.
Since that very moment, Salah became part of this. He deserves his share of the blame. As long as he doesn’t distance himself from those policies in a believable manner, he has blood on his hands. It’s that simple.