Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said he discussed his region’s contribution to Russia’s war effort in Ukraine at talks with President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that came at a sensitive moment in relations between the two sides.
Kadyrov enjoys wide latitude from Putin to brutally run Chechnya as his personal territory, but he angered even pro-Kremlin hardliners this week by praising his 15-year-old son for beating an ethnic Russian prisoner in Chechen custody.
Kadyrov posted on Telegram that he and Putin had talked about various topics including the role of Chechen fighters in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in Moscow on September 28, 2023. POOL/AFP via Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin sits for a chat with Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 28, 2023. via REUTERS
He added teasingly that “other issues” had been raised, and promised “more on this later.”
It is not clear if he was referring to the incident last month in which his son Adam kicked and punched a prisoner named Nikita Zhuravel who was accused of burning the Quran.
Kadyrov posted a video of the attack on Monday and said he was proud of his son for defending his Islamic faith.
Chechen regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 28, 2023. AP
The alleged Koran burning did not take place in Chechnya but Russian investigators said they transferred Zhuravel into Chechen custody because Muslims there saw themselves as victims of the incident.
The blow opened Putin up to accusations that he had handed over an ethnic Russian “to be eaten by the Chechens”, former Kremlin speechwriter Abbas Gallyamov, now a staunch critic of Putin, said this week.
Even pro-Kremlin war commentators described the episode as an outrage.
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Rumors swirled this month that Kadyrov, 46, was seriously ill in hospital, but he laughed and flexed his biceps when asked about his health by a Russian TV reporter.
Kadyrov has publicly contemplated handing over power at one point and has raised the profile of his three teenage sons, the eldest of whom was photographed with Putin in the Kremlin in March.
Ensuring stability in Chechnya is important for Moscow, which has fought two brutal and costly wars since the fall of the Soviet Union to prevent it from breaking away.
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