Ramsan Kadyrov

Ramsan Kadyrov (born in or around 1977) is a militia leader in Chechnya. After his father, Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov, was assassinated on 9 May 2004, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic.

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1977 - Militia - Chechnya - Akhmad Kadyrov - 9 May - 2004 - Chechen Republic

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As the head of the Chechen Presidential Security Service, Kadyrov has often been accused of being brutal, ruthless and antidemocratic; according to newspapers, he was implicated in several instances of torture and murder and was falsely rumored to have died of a gunshot wound on 28 April, 2004.

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Presidential Security Service - 28 April - 2004

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German Human Rights group The Goettingen-based Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) have alleged that up to 70% of all murders, rapes, torture and kidnappings in Chechnya have been committed by Ramsan's 3,000-strong private army, the internal security force he heads known as the Kadyrovtsy.

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He has the backing of Russian President Vladimir Putin, though it is rumoured recent unauthorised military manouvers carried out by Kadyrov have angered the Kremlin. He is also engaged in a power struggle for overall military authority with fellow Chechen government warlords Sulim Yamadayev and Sayed-Magomed Kakiyev, with all three representing separate political interests.

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Russia - Vladimir Putin - Kremlin - Sulim Yamadayev - Sayed-Magomed Kakiyev

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