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Since the 1991 Chechen Revolution, Chechnya has had several leaders, representing both pro- and anti-Russian forces. This article lists the heads of state and government of both the nationalist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and the Russian-backed Chechen Republic, as well as the leaders of the jihadist Caucasus Emirate.
Movsar Buharovich Barayev (Suleimanov) (Russian: Мовсар Бухарович Бараев; 26 October 1979 – 26 October 2002), earlier known as Suleimanov, was a Chechen Islamist militia leader during the Second Chechen War, who led the seizure of a Moscow theater that led to the deaths of over 170 people by Russian special forces.
Following the First Chechen War of 1994–1996 with Russia, Chechnya gained de facto independence as the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, although de jure it remained a part of Russia. Russian federal control was restored in the Second Chechen War of 1999–2009, with Chechen politics being dominated by the former Ichkerian mufti Akhmad Kadyrov ...
October 7, 2006 - Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was found shot dead in the elevator of her apartment block in central Moscow with four gunshot wounds, news agencies reported. [21] [22] She was a prominent critic of the Chechen War and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov [b] (born 5 October 1976) is a Russian politician and current Head of the Chechen Republic.He was formerly affiliated with the Chechen independence movement, through his father who was the separatist-appointed mufti of Chechnya.
Name (Birth–Death) Term of office Political party Took office Left office Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Chechen Okrug Soviet (1921–1923) 1: Tashtemir Eldarkhanov (1870–1934) 1921 January 1923 Communist Party: Chairman of the Chechen Revolutionary Committee (1923–1924) (1) Tashtemir Eldarkhanov (1870–1934) 2 January 1923
Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia's Chechnya region, shared a video of himself driving a Tesla Cybertruck. The footage shows what appears to be a machine gun mounted on the top of the vehicle.
Gubash of Gukhoy, Chechen elder who was known for being anti Caucasian Imamate; Baysangur of Benoa, Chechen governor and military leader; Uma Duyev, Chechen military leader during the Russo-Caucasian War. Leader of the uprisings in Chechnya in 1860–1861 and 1877; Alexander Chechenskiy, Russian major general and participant in the Napoleonic wars