All articles tagged "Ramzan Kadyrov"

Chechen killer suspect handed over to Austria Chechen killer suspect handed over to Austria

24 Mar, 05:10 PM 11 comments

One of the two suspected killers of a Chechen opposition figure, in Vienna in January, has been extradited to Austria from Poland, where he was arrested last month, Vienna prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Tags: Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen republic

Chechen leader’s opponent shot in Dubai Chechen leader’s opponent shot in Dubai

30 Mar, 11:20 PM 8 comments

Sulim Yamadayev, a bitter opponent of the Moscow-backed leader of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, has been badly wounded in an assassination attempt in the United Arab Emirates

Tags: Sulim Yamadayev, Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, crime

Pro-Moscow Chechen commander Yamadayev dies in Dubai hospital Pro-Moscow Chechen commander Yamadayev dies in Dubai hospital

30 Mar, 05:22 PM 6 comments

Sulim Yamadayev, a prominent foe of Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov, has been shot dead in the Emirate of Dubai in what police said appeared to be an assassination.

Tags: Ramzan Kadyrov,

Brother refutes reports of Sulim Yamadayev's death Brother refutes reports of Sulim  Yamadayev's death

31 Mar, 02:01 PM 29 comments

Sulim Yamadayev’s younger brother and his wife have refuted reports that the former commander of the Chechen Vostok battalion is dead.

Tags: Sulim Yamadayev, Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya

Pro-Moscow Chechen leader calls for legalization of polygamy Pro-Moscow Chechen leader calls for legalization of polygamy

7 Apr, 12:26 PM 2 comments

Chechnya needs no sovereignty, what it needs is legalization of polygamy, the republic’s president Ramzan Kadyrov has told a Moscow daily newspaper.

Tags: Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, polygamy

Russia wraps up counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya Russia wraps up counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya

16 Apr, 12:34 PM 5 comments

On Thursday, Russian authorities announced that the counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya was finished, 15 years after the fighting started.

Tags: Checnhya, Ramzan Kadyrov, terrorism

Russian forces kill rebel Chechen leader Russian forces kill rebel Chechen leader

9 Jun, 10:46 PM 3 comments

Russian forces have killed the leader of the Chechen separatist movement, Doku Umarov, Interfax news agency cited an unidentified source in Russian law enforcement agencies as saying today.

Tags: Russia, Chechnya, Doku Umarov, Ramzan Kadyrov,

16-year old Neo-Nazi detained for plotting bomb attack in Moscow 16-year old Neo-Nazi detained for plotting bomb attack in Moscow

10 Jun, 01:58 PM 12 comments

Russian Federal Security Service and Ministry of Internal Affairs have prevented an act of terrorism in Moscow, planned for the eve of Victory Day.

Tags: criminal, Nazi, terrorist, Checnya, Ramzan Kadyrov,

Medvedev denounces bomb attack on south Russian republic's president Medvedev denounces bomb attack on south Russian republic's president

22 Jun, 01:45 PM 1 comment

Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev has called the Monday bomb attack on the president of Russia’s southern Ingushetia region an "act of terror".

Tags: Ingushetia, terrorism, crime, Chechnya, Dmitry Medvedev, Ramzan Kadyrov

5 killed in militant attacks in South Russia 5 killed in militant attacks in South Russia

25 Jun, 12:17 PM 3 comments

Roadside bombs and gunfire have killed six people and wounded five in Russia's North Caucasus region, while a provincial leader remains in a critical condition from an earlier suicide-bomb attack.

Tags: Chechnya, Ingushetia, Ramzan Kadyrov, terrorism

Human rights group blames Russian leaders for murdering activist Human rights group blames Russian leaders for murdering activist

17 Jul, 10:32 PM 8 comments

The head of a leading Russian human rights group has accused the presidents of Russia and Chechnya of complicity in murdering its top activist in Chechnya.

Tags: human rights, Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov

Pro-Kremlin Chechen President sues leading Russian human rights activist over murder accusations Pro-Kremlin Chechen President sues leading Russian human rights activist over murder accusations

20 Jul, 05:32 PM 57 comments

The attorney of Ramzan Kadyrov, President of the Chechen Republic, is suing the head of Russia's major human rights group Memorial for libel, after a public statement which claimed that Kadyrov was behind last week's murder of Natalia Estemirova.

Tags: Memorial, Ramzan Kadyrov, human rights, Chechnya



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