Amid rampant speculation about his health, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-allied strongman who rules the region, has been ...

The archival photo shows Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov (R) and his son Ramzan standing in front of Ramzan's house in Tsentoroy, Kadyrov's native village, some 40 km from Chechen capital Grozny on ...

Discover Kadyrov’s background, his relationship with the Russian government, and his role in the war in Ukraine. Who is Ramzan Kadyrov? Ramzan Kadyrov, president of Russia’s Muslim-majority Chechen ...

Al Jazeera was unable to independently verify the video. The Akhmat Grozny unit dates back to the second Russian-Chechen war that began in 1999. It was formed by men loyal to Akhmad Kadyrov.

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 ...

Vladimir Putin (C) meets with Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov (L) in Grozny on October 16, 2008 while visiting a newly built mosque. Kadyrov has long had a relationship with Vladimir Putin.

On October 21, 1999, they hit an outdoor market, a maternity hospital and a mosque in Grozny, killing 118 and wounding more than 400.

Members of the security forces of Russia's Chechnya region massed in its capital, Grozny, on Friday to mark Russian President Vladimir Putin's 70th birthday and see local leader Ramzan Kadyrov ...

ROMAN PETRENKO - WEDNESDAY, 3 AUGUST 2022, 15:43 Leonid Pasichnyk, the leader of the so-called "Luhansk People's Republic" ("LPR"), has awarded Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov "the title of hero".

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has long been seen as a key ally to Russian President Vladimir Putin. That commitment has now extended to the war in Ukraine.

Like his father, Ramzan Kadyrov is a key ally of Putin, and he's played a role in Russia's war in Ukraine as his fighters – known as the Kadyrovtsy – have taken part in the battle.

It lasts a long time and, in my view, are not effective.” Kadyrov took over the Chechen presidency in 2007, three years after his father, former Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov, was assassinated.