Kadyrov himself is under US and EU sanctions and has long faced accusations of overseeing or tolerating severe human rights abuses in Chechnya, including…
In the fall of 2022, Seda Suleimanova fled Chechnya for St.
User-generated footage shared on Ukrainian and Russian Telegram channels showed pillars of smoke rising in Russia's Rostov, Yaroslavl, Perm, and Chechnya regions.
However, both he and Demurchiev fought in Chechnya in the 2000s, during the conflict that ravaged the Russian region.
In Chechnya, it’s even more fraught.
Ramzan Kadyrov (right), the head of Russia's Chechnya region, and his son Adam in August 2025.
Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader, Ramzan Kadyrov (right), and his 18-year-old son, Adam, are pictured in Moscow in August 2025.
Over the same period, Chechnya endured two devastating wars, while the Taliban disappeared from power in Afghanistan only to return two decades later.
The 56-year-old Sarvarov fought against insurgents in Chechnya and in Russian military operations in Syria in 2015-16.
Chechnya has introduced a new ban for women's fashion that prohibits traditional clothing featuring "masculine elements.
