Ramzan Kadyrov: Last News

The story shocked the world 10 years ago: the Copenhagen Zoo’s decision to euthanize a healthy two-year-old giraffe named Marius because they considered it a “surplus animal.” CNN reported on it. So did Le Monde in France, the U.K.’s Guardian and The Independent, and the Irish Times.

Novaya Gazeta, and her lawyer, Alexander Nemov, were both attacked while on their way to attend the court sentencing of a human rights activist in Grozny, Chechnya’s capital.Milashina told her employer that the attack seemed to have been planned out. She said her attackers “knew what they were doing” and were “in a hurry,” attempting to intimidate them and gain access to their devices. “They beat us up two times,” Milashina says of her assailants in the most recent attack.

Russia, with Mad Vlad planning to kill two warlords who had been hoping to take control of the country. According to Russian human rights activist Vladimir Osechkin, Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin started conspiring against Putin with General Sergey Surovikin.Osechkin says Surovikin planned to become the Defence Minister and together with his ally Prigozhin taking control of the feared FSB security force, they would be able to boss Putin around like a puppet leader. READ MORE: Putin war boss survives assassination attempt after being sent 'poison letter'But the plot “fizzled out” according to Osechkin, after Prigozhin overstepped the mark in his criticism of the way the war was being run.In October, the successful Ukrainian attack on the Kerch Strait Bridge was a very unpleasant birthday present for Vladimir Putin.Prigozhin and rival warlord Ramzan Kadyrov said publicly that the Russian army officials responsible for guarding the vital link between Russia and the annexed territory of Crimea, should be not only sacked but shot.That turned out to be a mistake, creating a significant split within the Russian leadership.Osechkin says Putin’s revenge is coming, and while it may not be quick, it will be final.“Judging by the methods Putin uses, a purge is most likely awaiting [Prigozhin],” Osechkin said.

Russian known for her fierce criticism of Vladimir Putin was brutally murdered in a lift as she clutched at her groceries on the way back from going to the shop – and 16 years after the brutal killing, mystery still surrounds her death. Anna Politkovskaya’s bloodied corpse was found slumped in the elevator after she was shot four times in the brutal close-range attack on October 7, 2006.The journalist had made several powerful enemies throughout the Russian state through her stories writing about high-level corruption and atrocities committed during the war in Chechnya.READ MORE: Russian TV predicts nuclear 'Armageddon' as Putin ships more missiles from Siberia As well as criticising the tyrannical Russian dictator she also called out infamous warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, who recently declared himself “the West’s biggest bogey man” after calling on his pal Putin to “finish” Ukraine with nuclear weapons.

UFC fighter Khamzat Chimaev faces a tough challenge to leave Russia as the country recruits soldiers to join their war effort in the Ukraine. Chimaev was born in Russia but emigrated with his mother and brother to Sweden when he was aged 18.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is just the beginning of a larger conflict in Europe, according to Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov. The 45-year-old warlord, who is one of Putin’s key leaders on the ground in Ukraine, said on Monday “Ukraine is a done deal.

Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska and her children she shares with husband President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are feared to be on a Russian hit list. The mum has bravely voiced her stance on staying put in war-torn Ukraine as she continues to support her husband who has been dubbed a hero for his efforts to fight Putin's troops.

Elon Musk has claimed he is ready to fight Vladimir Putin in a sumo wrestling match to stop the invasion of Ukraine. The Tesla CEO bizarrely called out the Russian President for a fight earlier this month following his brutal attacks and invasion of the eastern European country.Musk took to Twitter to announce his challenge to Putin writing: "I hereby challenge Владимир Путин [Vladimir Putin] to single combat."Adding: "Stakes are Україна [Ukraine]."One user asked Musk, in Russian, if he would be "surprised" if the Russian leader accepted the challenge, to which he replied: "It would be an honour".But now Elon has raised his bizarre violent offering and shared a photo of him sumo wrestling.

invaders.Posters emerged on Ukrainian Telegram channels showing how Russian soldiers are being warned about ending up being used to “fertilise the Ukrainian black soil".One of the morbid black and white posters, which have a range of designs, shows a bowl of hot food with a smartphone next to it.On the phone screen it reads “MAMA”. The writing in Russia states: “THINK.

Ukraine (SBU) said the troops, also known as Kadyrovites, had returned to Chechnya's capital Grozny. The SBU said that the soldiers had been pulled out after enduring a high death toll in the first three weeks of the war, reports The Mirror.

Vladimir Putin to assassinate Ukraine’s charismatic president Volodymyr Zelensky was “destroyed” by Ukrainian forces following a tip-off from Russia’s own security services. Speaking on Ukraine’s rolling news TV channel "Ukraine 24,” Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, claimed that officials had been informed by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) that a kill team from the feared Chechen Kadyrovtsy group had been sent to Kyiv.He repeated the claim in a Telegram post on Tuesday, saying: “We are well aware of the special operation that was to take place directly by the Kadyrovites to eliminate our president".“And," he added, "I can say that we have received information from the FSB, who today do not want to take part in this bloody war."And thanks to this,” he added, “I can say that Kadyrov’s elite group was destroyed directly, which came here to eliminate our president”.The Kadyrovtsy, or Kadyrovites, are a ruthless armed militia that originally came to prominence fighting for Chechnya against Russia in the early 1990s.When their leader, Chechen warlord Akhmad Kadyrov, defected to Russia most of his followers went with him.An exact figure for the size of Kadyrov’s is hard to come by, with estimates ranging from 10,000 to 80,000.By 2006 the group had become a semi-formal unit of the Russian army, undertaking deadly missions in Syria as well as their native Chechnya.While operating under Russian orders they are also seen as the “private army” of Ramzan Kadyrov, who took over as leader following his father’s death in the 2004 Grozny stadium bombing.

An elite Russian squad sent to kill Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has been "eliminated", according to Ukrainian reports.

Ukrainian officials.During a televised address, Kyiv’s Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council Oleksiy Danilov said the unit “which came to kill our President, was eliminated”. It was sent by Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Russia’s Chechnya region and an ally of Vladimir Putin, the Daily Mirror reports. Speaking on Ukraine's 24 TV channel, Danilov said: "We are already aware of the special operation that was to be carried out by Kadyrov forces unit.

warlord who murdered LGBT+ people in what became known as the "gay purge" has been killed fighting in Ukraine. Magomed Tushayev was a military boss under the command of feared Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. Anti-gay purges were first reported in Chechnya, now a constituent republic of Russia, in 2017 and involved secret abductions, torture and extrajudicial killings.

< 1 min read One of the key figures behind the horrific Chechnyan “gay purge” has been killed in action while assisting invading Russian forces in Ukraine.  Magomed Tushayev, who was one of the top military advisors for Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, helping to oversee a horrendous “purge” of LGBTQ+ people since 2017, was reportedly killed by Ukrainian forces.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDavid France’s “Welcome to Chechnya” could very well make Oscar history as the first documentary to be nominated for Best Visual Effects.The documentary details the brutality the LGBTQ community faces in Chechnya at the hands of the government. France goes inside the shocking and horrific genocide that Chechnyan leader Ramzan Kadyrov is unleashing on people who live in danger because of their sexual orientation.Grisha is one of the many brave subjects who go on the record to talk to France about being tortured and beaten at the hands of this regime.

Khamzat Chimaev looks set to continue his mixed martial arts career after being persuaded not to retire by Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov.

In early 2017, reports began to emerge out of Chechnya that authorities were detaining gay men and subjecting them to torture and humiliation. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov immediately repudiated the claims (he maintains that there are no LGBTQ individuals in Chechnya), but the documentary evidence of abuse is impossible to deny.

cleansing” has threatened the survival of LGBTQ people living inside the Chechen Republic. The nation’s Putin-supported leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, proudly denies the purge, despite reports from victims, survivors, and their families of brutal atrocities.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWithin two weeks of David France reading an article in The New Yorker about the persecution of LGTBQ people in Chechnya, he was on a plane headed to Moscow.It’s there that he first met the men and women who are featured in his new documentary “Welcome to Chechnya,” which premieres Tuesday on HBO. Ramzan Kadyrov, the president of the autonomous region of Russia, enacted a campaign in 2017 to find, imprison, torture and sometimes kill LGBTQ Chechens.

Nathalie Bibeau's The Walrus and the Whistleblower, about a former trainer at Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ontario-turned-whistleblower, on Sunday picked up the top Audience Award at the Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival, which was forced online this year by the coronavirus pandemic. The first runner-up was Elizabeth St.