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Amid reports that he is gravely ill, the long-time ruler of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, made a rare public appearance over the ...
New reporting has put the Chechen warlord's health in the headlines once more. Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov is used to speculation about his imminent demise. Pundits have discussed the 47-year ...
The Russian republic of Chechnya in the North Caucasus lives according to its own rules. An undisclosed illness appears to be forcing its leader to pass on his power early, to a candidate unusual even ...
Ramzan Kadyrov speaks to journalists in Chechnya's capital Grozny, Russia on Dec. 28. Musa Sadulayev / AP, file Ramzan’s father Akhmat became president of Chechnya in 2003 as Putin was fighting ...
Chechnya’s regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Sep. 28, 2023.
Ramzan Kadyrov, 39, is the de facto dictator of the mostly Muslim Russian province of Chechnya. A burly, bearded man with a passion for boxing, Islam, and flattering Instagram photos of himself ...
Ramzan Kadyrov, 47, the ruthless president of Russia’s Chechnya region, claimed that his Cybertruck stopped working after he revealed it was sent into the Northern Military District for Russian ...
Ramzan Kadyrov, the ally of President Vladimir Putin who leads Chechnya, said on Sunday that he one day planned to set up his own private military company in the style of Yevgeny Prigozhin's ...
Abubakar Yangulbayev, a prominent leader of the ADAT popular movement for the de-occupation of Chechnya from Russia, said that the “holy jihad in Ukraine is theologically contrary to Sharia, and the ...
Chechnya's regional leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, center, walks with other Chechen commanders at a stadium in the Chechen capital of Grozny, Russia, in December. Photo: Musa Sadulayev/Associated Press.
Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Russia's Chechnya, waits before an annual state of the nation address attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, December 1.
Ramzan Kadyrov's first 100 days in charge are a classic example of Rabelais's observation that appetite comes with eating: in Kadyrov's case, the appetite for unlimited power and money.