https://www.npr.org/2022/04/27/1094873072/russia-ukraine-war-chechen-leader-ramzan-kadyrov
Today, his son Ramzan Kadyrov is in charge. 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

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/26/1094870322/chechnya-once-resisted-russia-now-its-leader-is-putins-close-ally
Now, its leader is Putin's close ally NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Rachel Denber, deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia division for Human Rights Watch, about the role of Chechen leader

https://www.politico.eu/article/how-putin-created-a-monster-in-chechnya/
Thanks to Putin's support, the 39-year-old Kadyrov, a former guerrilla soldier, has lived the life of a king for the past decade as part of a deal whereby Putin, following two wars against rebellious Chechens, granted more autonomy to Chechnya in exchange for loyalty to the Russian state. Kadyrov kept his word to Putin, providing Moscow with

https://www.ctpublic.org/2022-04-27/chechnya-once-resisted-russia-now-its-leader-is-putins-brutal-ally-in-ukraine
One prominent Chechen figure during this period, Akhmad Kadyrov, initially resisted Russian forces. But as Russia took control of what is now the Chechen Republic of Russia, he flipped, and ultimately became the leader of Chechnya in the early 2000s, aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

https://www.kuow.org/stories/chechnya-once-resisted-russia-now-its-leader-is-putin-s-brutal-ally-in-ukraine
But Kadyrov was assassinated in 2004 by Chechens who opposed him. Today, his son Ramzan Kadyrov is in charge. Like his father, Ramzan Kadyrov is a key ally of Putin, and he's played a role in

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66096607
Chechnya has been run by Ramzan Kadyrov since 2007. A staunch ally of Vladimir Putin and a cheerleader for the war in Ukraine, he has been widely accused of ordering extrajudicial killings

https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-04-26/chechnya-once-resisted-russia-now-its-leader-is-putins-close-ally
SHAPIRO: Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has been described as brutal, Putin's puppet, his attack dog. The U.S. has sanctioned him for human rights abuses, including persecution and torture of LGBT people. So in the years leading up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, what earned Kadyrov this reputation?

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/11/world/europe/chechnya-abduction-putin-russia.html
Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times. MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is flexing his military and diplomatic muscle in a tense standoff with the West over Ukraine, projecting

https://news.sky.com/story/the-chechen-jihadists-taking-on-putins-empire-of-evil-in-ukraine-who-say-russian-troops-are-like-cattle-for-slaughter-12773194
Under Vladimir Putin, Russian forces retook control of Chechnya in the second Chechen war. The Russians used a pulverise and conquer strategy reducing most of the capital Grozny to rubble.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russias-chechen-leader-says-forces-141851300.html
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia's Chechnya region and an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Saturday that Chechen fighters had been deployed to Ukraine and

https://theconversation.com/chechnyas-boss-and-putins-foot-soldier-how-ramzan-kadyrov-became-such-a-feared-figure-in-russia-216418
Published: November 9, 2023 8:33am EST. The leader of the Russian republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, recently authorized police to shoot to kill pro-Palestinian protesters who might take to the

https://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=1094873072
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.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63468600
Ramzan Kadyrov: Putin's key Chechen ally. Russia-Ukraine war. Chechnya. Russia. Vladimir Putin. Related. UK to support Ukraine 'for as long at it takes' - Cameron. 5 Dec 2023. UK Politics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXhcyMp91kg
A video about Chechnya's History, the two Wars against Russia and the rise of Kadyrov's family.Sources:Vatchagaev, Chechnya: The Inside Story (2019).Chechnya

https://www.rferl.org/a/chechnya-putin-kadyrov-yangulbayev/31684948.html
Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian, Kremlin-backed leader of the North Caucasus region of Chechnya, amid a public outcry over open threats made by the

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31794742
21 May 2020. AFP. Ramzan Kadyrov has made strict adherence to Islam a feature of his leadership. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is one of the most powerful and most feared men in Russia. For more

https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/chechen-leader-a-close-putin-ally-says-his-forces-have-deployed-to-ukraine
Article content. MOSCOW — Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia's Chechnya region and an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Saturday that Chechen fighters had been deployed to

https://theweek.com/107466/are-chechen-assassins-roaming-europe-and-how-are-they-linked-to-putin
• in January, Chechen opposition leader Imran Aliyev died in Lille, after being stabbed 135 times • in September 2017, a car bomb in Kiev killed Ali Timayev, a Chechen fighter with Georgian

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/chechen-armed-forces-assemble-honour-putin-his-ally-kadyrov-2022-10-07/
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

https://apnews.com/article/russia-putin-us-prisoners-spying-gershkovich-9d8260f09233d2385856b85d26d3954b
President Vladimir Putin, asked about releasing Gershkovich, appeared to refer to Krasikov by pointing to a man imprisoned by a U.S. ally for "liquidating a bandit" who had allegedly killed Russian soldiers in Chechnya. Beyond that, Russia has stayed silent.

https://www.ft.com/content/c7122019-0d98-440d-9406-3ce236c70e51
Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine, by Mark Galeotti, Osprey £25, 384 pages Gillian Tett is the FT's US editor-at-large and chair of the editorial board Join our online book group on

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/05/is-putin-ally-turned-russian-mutineer-prigozhins-election-hacking-firm-up-for-grabs/70369164007/
But Prigozhin, through his close ties to Vladimir Putin, also happens to be the owner and operator of other Kremlin-supported organizations that the U.S. says were behind the Kremlin's hacking of

https://www.businessinsider.com/distracted-ukraine-putin-cannot-protect-his-people-back-home-russia-2024-6?op=1
Russia's North Caucasus region has a long history of rebellion against Kremlin rule, especially in Chechnya, where Russia battled separatists in two bloody wars — in 1994-1996 and then in 1999-2009.

https://www.aol.com/news/chechen-leader-staunch-putin-ally-130655442.html
May 27, 2022 at 9:06 AM. LONDON — Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, a staunch ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, threatened to attack Poland over its support for Ukraine. Speaking in a video

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/25/will-vladimir-putin-keep-power-in-russia/70353528007/
A mutiny against Russian President Vladimir Putin came to a swift end Saturday, but it raised new questions about his grip on power and is expected to intensify pressure within Russia over the

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dissidents-speak-out-from-lithuania-after-fleeing-putins-russia-60-minutes-transcript/
Lithuania is a democracy of about 3 million people and a NATO ally. Vilnius, the capital, is clothed in the colors of Ukraine. The city changed the Russian embassy's address to "Heroes of Ukraine

https://nypost.com/2024/06/29/world-news/tensions-escalate-at-ukraine-border-as-eu-drops-new-sanctions-on-russian-ally-belarus/
Tensions are growing at the border Ukraine shares with Belarus, one of the Kremlin's strongest allies in its ongoing war against the Eastern European nation. "The situation on the Belarusian

https://www.wfdd.org/story/chechnya-once-resisted-russia-now-its-leader-putins-brutal-ally-ukraine
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. Chechnya once resisted Russia.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/26/world/asia/north-korea-missile-test.html
Mr. Kim has found a new ally in Mr. Putin since the Russian leader ordered his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Washington and its allies have accused the North of shipping vast amounts of