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The Moscow Times
March 8, 2018
Kadyrov Says 'Strong Winds' Downed Security Services Helicopter in Chechnya. Elena Afonina /TASS. The head of the Chechen republic Ramzan Kadyrov has said strong winds were responsible for a fatal helicopter crash on Wednesday in the restive North Caucasus region. The crash was just the latestÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 3, 2018
The "Black Star" of Russian commercial rap, who's rubbed shoulders with everybody from Snoop Dogg to Ramzan Kadyrov, has seen his name hit the headlines again - as usual, it wasn't thanks to his musical talents. A Mercedes G-Wagon, which reportedly normally carries recording artist Timati's securityÃâà...
Deadspin
February 22, 2018
On Sept. 2, 2017, several of the most dangerous men in the Chechen Republic attended a UFC Fight Night event in Rotterdam. They arrived in a fleet of Mercedes Benz vehicles, which were then parked in haphazard fashion in the back lot of the Ahoy Rotterdam convention center. From the cars emergedÃâà...
Bloody Elbow
February 20, 2018
On May 21, 2017, scores of Chechen citizens gathered in Grozny before marching towards the Colosseum, carrying flags emblazoned with a picture of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's late father, Akhmat Kadyrov. Thousands of men flooded into the arena, where the latest World Fighting ChampionshipsÃâà...
TASS
February 18, 2018
GROZNY, February 19. /TASS/. The man who carried out a shooting attack on an Orthodox church in Kizlyar, a town in the Russian North Caucasus region of Dagestan, has no connection to Islam, Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said. "One can say with certainty that the bandit and his patrons, in case he had any,Ãâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 16, 2018
The Kremlin-backed head of Russia's Chechnya region, Ramzan Kadyrov, says he hopes President Vladimir Putin will remain in power for life. The remark, not unusual for a regional leader who has frequently praised the president and called himself Putin's "foot soldier," comes weeks ahead of a March 18Ãâà...
The Moscow Times
February 15, 2018
The strongman leader of Russia's Chechen republic Ramzan Kadyrov is asking Islamic scholars to determine whether the use of Bitcoin is religiously permissible. Kadyrov announced he was planning to invest in cryptocurrencies in a Telegram post last week. The Bitcoin digital currency is currently tradingÃâà...
TASS
February 10, 2018
MOSCOW, February 10. /TASS/. Personnel of the military police battalion of the Russian Armed Forces, which had been performing service in the Syrian city of Aleppo over the past 18 months, has arrived in the Russian North Caucasus region of Chechnya on Saturday, Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov wrote on VKÃâà...
RT
December 31, 1999
The leader of Russia's Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, known for his love for iron, is promoting the upcoming presidential polls with a weightlifting challenge to other top officials. His benchmark is pressing 100kg 18 times. In a video clip published on Kadyrov's Twitter account on Sunday, he performsÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
December 31, 1999
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is flanked by Russian Minister for North Caucasus Affairs Lev Kuznetsov, second from left, and other officials at the ... The head of the Russian territory, Ramzan Kadyrov, wearing a colorful, camouflage-patterned snowsuit, walked a red carpet to the applause of about 500Ãâà...
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