Kadyrov’s personal army in Russia grows to 20 units during all-out war
Since 2022, Chechen ruler Kadyrov's influence over Russian forces has expanded to include eight newly acquired Defense Ministry units, an investigation reveals.
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Kadyrov claims Ukrainian POWs used as human shields at military sites in Chechnya
On 29 October, a Ukrainian drone strike targeted a military university in Gudermes, named after Russian President Vladimir Putin, marking the first attack on the territory of Chechnya.
Ichkeria’s gov’t in exile considering creating special tribunal for Kadyrov, his Akhmat unit
The government-in-exile of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria is working on the possible creation of a special tribunal for…
Growing factionalism affecting Russia’s ability to coordinate coherent theater-wide defensive campaign – ISW
Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov may have compelled the Russian theater commander in…
Russia’s Wagner mercenaries in Bakhmut to be replaced by Kadyrov’s troops
Evgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the private Russian military company Wagner Group, announced that he would hand over…
They’re not Chechens, they’re Russian occupation troops – free Chechen Republic representative about Kadyrovites
Chechens in Russia’s war against Ukraine are most often known through the infamous soldiers of strongman and Putin…
Only 53% of Kadyrov’s troops in Ukraine are ethnic Chechens
Ukraine’s intelligence service has established that only 53 percent of the men who are listed as volunteers from…
Are Chechens being purposefully pitted against Crimean Tatars?
Dozens of individuals were detained after clashes in Yevpatoria, in Russian-occupied Ukrainian Crimea, on the night of September…
Three largest Russian militant training facilities identified
After the Wagner disaster in Syria, Russian and Western journalists reported about its training facility near Molkino where…
Eidman: If Kadyrov didn’t exist, Putin would have to create him
Vladimir Putin needs Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov so that “compared to him,” the Kremlin leader will appear “in…
Moscow continues to cover up mass murder by Chechen authorities
Novaya gazeta has made continuing contributions to exposing the vicious violence of Ramzan Kadyrov’s regime against its opponents,…
Putin is behind the assassination of Boris Nemtsov, his colleague says
The trial in the murder of Boris Nemtsov, one of Russia’s leading opposition figures, is coming to a…
Man accused of Putin murder plot gunned down in Kyiv, attacker might be linked to Kadyrov
Adam Osmayev and his wife Amina Okuyeva, Chechen volunteers who served in the Kyiv-2 police battalion fighting against…
Moscow planning to send 60,000 Muslim troops to Syria, Saudi newspaper says
Citing unnamed “informed sources,” a Saudi newspaper says that “Russia has prepared approximately 60,000” predominantly Sunni Muslim soldiers…
Concentration camps for gays? Fake news, claims Russian human rights official
Tatyana Moskalkova, the Russian human rights ombudsman, says that she has determined that Moscow media reports about the…
Kadyrov opens first concentration camp for gays since Hitler’s times
Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov has not only sponsored direct attacks on members of the LGBT community in his…
Chechnya – a bigger threat to Russia now than it was in the 1990s, Moscow paper suggests
In the 1990s, Chechnya sought independence from Moscow, and Vladimir Putin has made the suppression of that regional…
On 73rd anniversary of deportation, Chechnya and Ingushetia divide on Stalin and his crimes
Seventy-three years ago today, Stalin the two Vaynakh nations, the Chechens and the Ingush, thousands of whom lost…
Ever more Russian governors forming their own military units, not just Kadyrov
Ramzan Kadyrov has gained notoriety for his formation of military units that are more under his control than…
Putin conducts his foreign policy like a special op, Melnikov says
Vladimir Putin is conducting his foreign policy like the special op of an intelligence service, reflecting both his…
