Putin S Lapdog Wears Prada Chechen Leader Kadyrov Poses On Tiktok While His Men Kill Civilians In Ukraine

But Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s combat boots come from Prada’s 2019 collection, with a retail price of around $ 1,580 (1.2 1,210). His tragic sensitivities, including the tendency to harm animals and send his captives to kidnap and kill homosexuals, dissidents and journalists instead of fighting for his homeland. Kadyrov’s role in Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has put him at the forefront of cravings, albeit less for his fashion choices than for allegations of serious war crimes and human rights abuses on the outskirts of Kiev and its besieged port city. Mariupol. Ramzan Kadyrov – adorned with Prada boots – takes part in a review of Chechen troops and military equipment at his residence in Grozny, February 25, 2022 (Alamy) More Uday than Qusay or Game of Thrones fans, more Joffrey than Tommen, the 45-year-old has also been ridiculed as a “TikTok warrior” for posting on social media pretending to be in Ukraine while he was still alive. in Russia. His gunmen have also been accused of directing videos in an attempt to appear savage by firing their weapons into empty buildings. The whole bloody spectacle is far removed from the devout Muslim shepherds, farmers and civil servants who took up arms on behalf of Chechnya for decades. “The Kantirovites have very little to do with Chechen values,” said Christopher Swift, a national security lawyer and Russia and Caucasus expert. “It is a strange mixture of very conservative Islamic ideas from the Middle East and servile allegiance to the Putin regime.” Experts say Kadyrov’s rise and ostentatious behavior are both emblematic and coincidental of distorted values, a sadistic worldview and a longing for positions in Russia’s political elite. “He considers himself a soldier of Mr. Putin and serves Mr. Putin and the Kremlin and no one else,” said Miro Popkhadze, a former Georgian Defense Ministry envoy to the United Nations. “But he also dislikes the elite — the oligarchs and the security services,” said Popkhadze, a researcher at the Institute for Foreign Policy Research. “There is a battle between them under the radar for rights and privileges. That’s why he uses social media — to signal that he’s there for Putin and to make a difference. That’s why it makes a lot of noise. “ Archive photo: Kadyrov talks with Vladimir Putin at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, August 31, 2019 (Sputnik / AFP via Getty Images) The relationship between Kadyrov and Putin goes back decades, to the time of Russia’s second war in Chechnya in the late 1990s. of the KGB, as his successor. Kadyrov’s father, Ahmad, entered there. In late 1999, the warlord and religious scholar, who had helped defeat the humiliating Russia in Chechnya’s first war, abruptly changed sides, helping the Kremlin crush Chechen ambitions and strengthen Putin’s image. as a capable tough guy. “Kadyrovs have become very important and very necessary,” said Thornike Gordadze, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Security Studies and a fellow at the French Sciences Po. “The fact that Chechnya is part of Russia is due to Kadyrov. “Russian troops are playing a minor role,” said Gordadze, who is also a former Georgian government official. But from the beginning, the Kantirovites had a reputation for abuse and brutal violence, more bandit robbers than disciplined armed forces. “They went from house to house not only taking people’s property and kidnapping, but also taking money and engaging in sexual violence,” said Matthias van Lohuizen, a Dutch scholar who served as an assistant in Chechnya in the early 2000s. Ahmad was elected president of the newly recaptured Chechen Republic of Russia in 2003, to die at the hands of his former bombing comrades a year later. A soldier stands in front of a flag of Ahmad Kadyrov and listens to Ramzan Kadyrov speak to the troops in Grozny, March 29, 2022 (AP) The youngest Kadyrov, who was a militia leader, immediately adopted Putin as his father figure and took over as president as soon as he turned 30 in 2007. His government skills were relentless, but his militia – the Kadyrovtsy – specialized in the killing and terrorism of unarmed civilians, serving as the praetorian out-of-court guard. He maintains control of Chechnya with an iron fist, aided by annual subsidies from Moscow that he has estimated at $ 3.8 billion. Kadyrov is surrounded by yes men who just take orders from him Alex Raufoglu, journalist and researcher Kadyrov has been accused of a series of assassinations, including longtime dissident Boris Nemtsov, a Kremlin-backed assassination that has angered even Putin’s law enforcement others. During a 2008 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Kadyrov appeared happy to use his tiger to terrorize his collection of exotic birds. “I will make them scream,” he reportedly said. Alex Raufoglu, a journalist and researcher focusing on the Caucasus region, says he “does almost anything he wants.” “He is surrounded by yes men who just take orders from him,” he told the Independent. Kadyrov attends meeting with commanders of Russia’s 8th Combined Army of the Southern Military District and special forces units at an operations center in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 28, 2022 (REUTERS) Kadyrov and his militia of thousands of men have taken part in several of imperial wars in post-Soviet Russia, including Georgia in 2008, Ukraine in 2014, and during the long and ongoing operation in Syria that began in 2015. But all these engagements were on the side of the Russian troops and against much weaker enemies than themselves. It remained unclear how well his men would fight in a hot war against a determined and battle-tested enemy. The Ukrainian armed forces, like the Chechens of previous generations, are fighting to defend their homeland against a ruthless invader who is subjugating them. In the early days of the invasion, Kadyrov’s men suffered heavy casualties and fought badly, Ukrainian officials said, and it remains unclear how much of Chechnya’s presence is propaganda. Kadyrov has to do with communication and public relations and, in fact, he will never really risk his life Thornike Gordadze, International Institute for Security Studies and Sciences Po Kadyrov, meanwhile, posted controversial footage of himself and his men on social media. A photo showed him praying at a Rosneft gas station allegedly in Ukraine. The problem was, as many have pointed out on social media, that there are no Rosneft gas stations in Ukraine. Other footage shows his men firing wildly at empty buildings. Another highly ridiculed video showed his men handing out aid supplies to Mariupol, which after closer inspection appeared to be Ukrainian goods looted by the Kadyrovites. “He likes to present himself and be presented as a ruthless warrior and a true force,” says Gordadze. “But this globalized image of Chechens as ruthless fighters is being used by the Kremlin. His presence is made public in the Russian media only to cause terror. “Kadyrov has to do with communication and public relations and, in fact, he will never really risk his life.” Archive photo: Kadyrov gesturing as he speaks to about 10,000 soldiers in Grozny, March 29, 2022 (AP) On the morning of March 5, Abramova Irina Vladimirovna, 48, was sitting at her home in the Kiev suburb of Bucha when she and her husband, Oleg, heard an explosion and then gunfire that damaged their building. Men ordered them to go out. “Do not shoot,” Oleg said, according to his wife. “There are civilians here.” The men ordered him to raise his hands in the air and asked to know why he was hiding from the soldiers. “We are liberators,” the Kandirovites told them. “We have come to set you free.” They took Oleg, stripped him of his shirt, forced him to his knees and killed him through the temple, according to his wife, who told the story to a Ukrainian journalist. Then they let the house burn down and ordered her to leave. According to eyewitness accounts collected by Ukrainian investigators and journalists, black-and-green Kantirovites are behind some of the worst atrocities and human rights abuses in cities such as Butsa, including children. Swift described them more as a death squad seeking to destroy the fabric of society than as a disciplined armed force. “What set the Kantirovites apart was their willingness to do things that no one else would do. “Barbarism was a strategy,” says Swift. “They are entering the end of an absolutely brutal conventional war to wipe out. “But there is a different capacity between the brutality and terrorism of your people as the Russians bombard it with oblivion and attempt to invade another country.” The methods they use, experts say, are the same ones they have used for more than 20 years to crush the Chechens who oppose Kadyrov and the Russians who oppose Putin. Archive photo: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin (L) and Kadyrov (R) shake hands during their meeting in Grozny, April 23, 2021 (EPA-EFE) Indeed, a Chechen gunman accused of killing Nemtsov, Ruslan Geremeev, has reappeared in Mariupol in pictures published on Kadyrov’s Telegram channel. Although they did poorly on the battlefield, they seem to exercise little restraint against unarmed civilians. “Last week they marched in the morning in residential areas and shot everyone they saw, every day someone had to be …