Tag: Ramzan Kadyrov
POLITICO’s most-read stories of 2022 – POLITICO
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The year 2022 will go down in the history books. And it includes a chapter few wanted to see written: War returned to Europe.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his tanks rolling into Ukraine, marking the start of a brutal conflict that, 10 months later, shows no signs of ending anytime soon. The early weeks of the war saw a wave of refugees flood the EU
12 people ready to ruin Russia next – POLITICO
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Vladimir Putin’s disastrous military adventure in Ukraine has raised the prospect that his 22-year rule could be nearing its end. But will he go, or will he have to be pushed?
Seven months into the Russian president’s war of aggression, his troops have suffered massive losses of men and equipment and are in headlong retreat in eastern Ukraine. Putin’s order last week to mobilize hundreds of thousands of men has descended into chaos,
Inside the mind of ‘Putin’s attack dog’ – POLITICO
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Nobody involved in the war in Ukraine is more fearsome
than Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov — at least
when it comes to social media.
Illustration by Anthony Gerace for POLITICO
It’s past midnight on March 4, and Ramzan Kadyrov sounds drunk and drugged, or maybe just depressed and angry. Eight days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the war, it seems, isn’t going to plan. In a rambling voice message lasting nearly eight minutes,