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Some Chechens were controlled by regional teips, or clans, despite the existence of pro- and anti-Russian political structures. In the 2024 Russian presidential election, which critics called rigged and fraudulent, [78] Russian President Vladimir Putin won 98.99% of the vote in Chechnya. [79]
Kadyrov (right) with Russian president Vladimir Putin in February 2008 On 15 February 2007, Putin signed a decree removing Alkhanov and installing Kadyrov as Chechen's acting president . [ 59 ] On 2 March 2007, following Putin's nomination of Kadyrov as Chechen president, the Chechen parliament approved the nomination. [ 60 ]
The Chechen–Russian conflict (Russian: Чеченский конфликт, romanized: Chechensky konflikt; Chechen: Нохчийн-Оьрсийн дов, romanized: Noxçiyn-Örsiyn dov) was the centuries-long ethnic and political conflict, often armed, between the Russian, Soviet and Imperial Russian governments and various Chechen forces.
On 28 February, the National Guard of Ukraine published a video showing members of the far-right Azov Battalion greasing bullets with pig fat, with the speaker in the video saying "Dear Muslim brothers. In our country, you will not go to heaven. You will not be allowed into heaven. Go home, please." [25]
In some countries like Andorra and Vatican City , a clergy member also acts as the head of state for both countries (Bishop of Urgell as Co-Prince of Andorra and the Pope) and head of government for the latter (President of the Governorate of Vatican City State).
Kadyrov was appointed as acting President of the Chechen Republic by Russian President Vladimir Putin, and was elected President of the Chechen Republic on 5 October 2003. The Kadyrovites acted as bodyguards to Kadyrov, who was the target of several assassination attempts. The security detail was headed by Movladi Baisarov. [12]
[18] [24] On 27 October 1991, Dudayev was elected president of the Chechen Republic. [18] [25] Dudayev, in his new position as president, issued a unilateral declaration of independence on 1 November 1991. [26] [27] Initially, his stated objective was for Checheno-Ingushetia to become a union republic within Russia. [28]
Because of the cartoon scandal that shook the whole Muslim world, Kadyrov issued a brief ban on the Danish Refugee Council, the most active humanitarian organization in Caucasus. On June 1, 2006, Moscow-backed Chechen President Alu Alkhanov said he would prefer his republic be governed by Sharia law and suggested adapting the Islamic code ...