Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya and a close ally of Vladimir Putin, has indicated he wants to step down from his post amid growing speculation about his health. The 48-year-old has governed the ...

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya in southern Russia, was reported last week to have submitted a request to the Kremlin ...

The Kremlin first gave the title “President of the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation” to Ramzan Kadyrov’s father, Ahmad Kadyrov, to reclaim the narrative to take control from the ...

Kadyrov — the son of assassinated Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov — has been the leader of the Chechen Republic since 2007 after being nominated by Putin following his father’s death.

Kadyrov, 48, was appointed to his position by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2007 following the assassination of his father, Akhmad Kadyrov, three years earlier. Kadyrov is now preparing his ...

A road arch with portraits of Vladimir Putin and Akhmad Kadyrov, father of current Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, in Grozny Reporters Without Borders includes President Kadyrov on its list of ...

The pro-Moscow President of Chechnya, Akhmad Kadyrov, has been killed in a bomb attack in the capital, Grozny. Reports of the total number killed in the blast at the city's Dynamo stadium vary between ...

The mosque, said to be the largest in Europe, is named in honor of late Chechen President Ahmad Kadyrov, who was killed in a 2004 blast. (Alexey Nikolsky/AFP via Getty Images) They’re putting ...

Within Russia’s forces is a Chechen contingent known as the “Kadyrovites” — named after former Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov, who switched sides to join Russia in its second military ...

Daudov, now 42, is seen on video threatening: “I officially declare blood revenge on you after your words about [Ramzan Kadyrov’s father Akhmad Kadyrov] “You are my enemy, and the enemy of ...

Ramzan Kadyrov, son of assassinated President Akhmad Kadyrov and a former rebel fighter, was nominated for the Chechen presidency by Russian President Vladimir Putin in spring 2007. He has become ...