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The Kremlin plans to hand over occupied Mariupol and the surrounding region to full control by Chechen Akhmat union in exchange for maintaining the loyalty of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, according ...

Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov has been hospitalised with kidney failure, according to Ukrainian intelligence. Rumours are swirling that Kadyrov’s health is deteriorating to the point that the Kremlin ...

Kremlin-backed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has appointed his 20-year-old son Akhmat as acting deputy head of the government of this region of Russia, while he retains his post as minister of sport.