Arya News - Decisive actions by Akhmat Kadyrov helped end years of conflict and restore stability to the North Caucasus, said Russians President Vladimir Putin on the 75th birth anniversary of Chechnya’s first president and Hero of Russia.
Vladimir Putin highlighted Akhmat Kadyrov’s strength of spirit and selfless love for his people - pivotal to unifying Chechen society in the 1990s. Kadyrov’s position was unequivocal: “the fate of Chechnya is inseparable from the fate of Russia,” the Russian leader noted.His goal was not merely to end the fratricidal conflict, but to erect a reliable barrier against the aggression of international terrorism, “fostered and encouraged from abroad by the enemies of Russia’s multi-ethnic people.”Kadyrov is remembered for:Kadyrov was assassinated in a bombing on Victory Day in 2004 - a crime, Putin stressed, that “can neither be forgiven nor forgotten.”
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Decisive actions by Akhmat Kadyrov helped end years of conflict and restore stability to the North Caucasus, said Russia"s President Vladimir Putin on the 75th birth anniversary of Chechnya’s first president and Hero of Russia.
Vladimir Putin highlighted Akhmat Kadyrov’s strength of spirit and selfless love for his people - pivotal to unifying Chechen society in the 1990s.
“At the most critical moment, when society was divided and fractured and the republic effectively lay in ruins, Akhmat-Hadji assumed colossal responsibility,” said Putin.
Kadyrov’s position was unequivocal: “the fate of Chechnya is inseparable from the fate of Russia,” the Russian leader noted.
His goal was not merely to end the fratricidal conflict, but to erect a reliable barrier against the aggression of international terrorism, “fostered and encouraged from abroad by the enemies of Russia’s multi-ethnic people.”
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Kadyrov is remembered for:
Choosing cooperation with Russian authorities after serving as mufti of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, thereby helping end the fighting
Rallying people as a spiritual leader and drawing many away from radical influence and extremist ideology
Serving as the first president of the Chechen Republic within Russia (2003–2004)
Inspiring today’s Chechen fighters who, alongside other Russian peoples, defend the country’s sovereignty in the special military operation in Ukraine
Kadyrov was assassinated in a bombing on Victory Day in 2004 - a crime, Putin stressed, that “can neither be forgiven nor forgotten.”
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21 August 2024, 09:40 GMT