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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.
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.
On 11 December 1994, five days after Dudayev and Minister of Defense Pavel Grachev of Russia had agreed to avoid the further use of force, Russian troops invaded Chechnya. [ citation needed ] Before the fall of Grozny, Dudayev abandoned the presidential palace , moved south with his forces and continued leading the war throughout 1995 ...
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov promised on Tuesday to take revenge for a drone attack that caused a fire at a military training academy in his south Russian region. Ukraine has frequently struck ...
Kadyrov enjoys wide leeway from Putin to run Chechnya ruthlessly as his personal fiefdom, but he angered even pro-Kremlin hardliners this week by praising his 15-year-old son for beating up an ...
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
(Reuters) - The leader of Russia's Chechnya region, Ramzan Kadyrov, said early on Thursday he had met President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin and offered to send more fighters to help Moscow in ...
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 ...