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smallwarsjournal
March 28, 2018
After Kadyrov's assassination in 2004, his pro-Moscow successor Alu Alkhanov appointed rebel brigade generals as heads of administrations and former rebel soldiers were folded into a federal regiment of Chechen forces - these soldiers carried out operations against insurgents in the same mountainous regions they hadÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
November 27, 2017
Kadyrov, the father of 12 children, has dominated the Chechen political landscape since his father, President Akhmad Kadyrov, was assassinated. He became president in February 2007 at the age of just 30 — the minimum age for the post — replacing Alu Alkhanov. He has been accused by a number ofÃâà...
Torontoist
May 22, 2017
Chechnya is an ultra-conservative Muslim society that is governed by authoritarian leader, Alu Alkhanov, who is an ally of Moscow. Screen Shot 2017-05-22 at 12.09.27 PM. International human rights activists Carlos Idibouo, Kimahli Powell and Justin Romanov discussing Canada's role in supportingÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
October 6, 2016
Alu Alkhanov himself is a very weak person. That is his particular problem and the main reason for Kadyrov's increasingly draconian methods. Personally I only have one dream for Kadyrov's birthday: I dream of him someday sitting in the dock, in a trial that meets the strictest legal standards, with all of hisÃâà...
Institute of Modern Russia
February 25, 2016
Kadyrov soon entered into a confrontation with the new president of Chechnya, Alu Alkhanov, who had been elected on August 29, 2004. After the automobile of Chechnyan Prime Minister Sergey Abramov was rammed by a Kamaz truck on November 18, 2005, Kadyrov took over his position and continuedÃâà...
The Independent
October 5, 2015
The younger Mr Kadyrov took hold of the presidency in 2007 after persuading Russian President Valdimir Putin to dismiss the incumbent Alu Alkhanov and appoint him in his place. His appointment was made amid numerous violent power struggles. Mr Kadyrov's paramilitary, his 'Kadyrovtsy' militia,Ãâà...
The Independent
October 5, 2015
Footage has emerged appearing to show Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov catching and wrestling a crocodile in the wild. In the film, which was uploaded to the 39-year-old's personal Instagram account, we see the legs of a mysterious figure wading through a stream as the reptile, partly submergedÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
January 19, 2015
Kadyrov was promoted to first deputy premier in October 2004 following the election of Chechen Interior Minister Alu Alkhanov as republican president. (In fact, Alkhanov was purely a figurehead, and Kadyrov's security forces did all they could to undermine him.) In that capacity, Kadyrov coordinated andÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 1, 2007
Acting President Kadyrov is making his mark in Moscow as well as Grozny (epa) GUDERMES, Chechnya; February 27, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Ramzan Kadyrov is not just the most powerful authority in Chechnya. He is rapidly becoming one of the best-known officials in all of Russia as well. RFE/RL's NorthÃâà...
