Ramzan Kadyrov

Chechen President Appoints Cousin as Prime Minister

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has appointed his first cousin, Odes Baisultanov, as prime minister of the troubled Russian region, the Reuters news agency reported Tuesday.

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April 11, 2007

Pro-Moscow Strongman Inaugurated as Chechen President

Russia’s troubled region of Chechnya prepared to install as its president on Thursday a 30-year-old amateur boxer whom human rights groups accuse of murdering and kidnapping civilians, the Reuters news agency reported on Thursday.

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April 5, 2007

Ramzan Kadyrov Approved as Chechen President

The parliament of Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya Friday approved Ramzan Kadyrov as president of Chechnya, Russia’s RIA-Novosti news agency reports.

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March 2, 2007

Putin Nominates Kadyrov for Chechen Presidency

President Vladimir Putin nominated a widely feared security chief as the new president of Chechnya on Thursday, while Europe’s human rights chief denounced torture and other rampant abuses in the war-battered region.

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Chechen Leader Says Billionaire Berezovsky Killed Russian Spy

Ramzan Kadyrov, acting president of Chechen Republic, blamed exiled billionaire Boris Berezovsky for the deaths of former spy Alexander Litvinenko and reporter Anna Politkovskaya.

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February 22, 2007