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Source: 20 detained in plot to assassinate Chechen leader Kadyrov

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“Even though the detained considered themselves supporters of the Islamic State, they did not have even remote understanding about the person of the extremist leader Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi. They had their brains polluted by some undereducated so-called imam and they were taught to hate the head of the Chechen Republic as the main enemy of the Wahhabi ideology,” Kadyrov wrote on his Instagram account, which he uses as his main tool for communication with the public.

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person used here is similar in meaning to "who he really is". You don't just understand him as a third party observer, but have a deeper understanding of who he is.

See these definitions - person

3b) bodily form or appearance" ⇒ to be neat about one's person"
4) personality; self; being

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