Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in the Kremlin on Thursday amid controversy over the behavior of his son Adam Kadyrov, who recently beat a prisoner for burning a Koran.

Putin intended to touch on the economic and political situation in the small republic in the North Caucasus, but the conversation completely turned to the war in Ukraine, where Kadyrov’s men are fighting as part of the Northern Military District, EFE news agency reported. from Agerpres.

The head of Chechnya said that his fighters “have a high morale” and that “every day they take prisoners and destroy equipment.”

“We are not afraid of any Abrams tanks,” Kadyrov said, informing Putin that since the beginning of the war, the republic led by him had purchased about 1,100 units of military equipment for military operations, including 100 armored vehicles.

He stated that “everyone supports” Putin in Chechnya, where five regiments and three battalions have also been created, which participate as part of the Northern Military District in a “special military operation” in Ukraine.

The head of the Kremlin conveyed “best wishes to the boys and their families” to Kadyrov. “I know that you personally constantly deal with these issues, including supporting the families of our boys who are fighting on the front lines, fighting confidently, well, courageously, heroically,” Putin said.

“If we do not carry out your order to win the war, then we will not live in this state. We will fulfill your order 100%,” Kadyrov assured.

Kadyrov’s son beats a prisoner. The leader of Chechnya: “I am proud”

The head of Chechnya also noted that “we don’t have any particular problems in the republic”, considering that he is criticized in the independent press and social networks for the fact that his son Adam beat a resident of Volgograd named Nikita. Zhuravel, in the pretrial detention center of the Chechen prison on the charge of burning the Koran.

Kadyrov himself posted the video about the incident in his Telegram channel on September 25.

The head of Chechnya said that his 15-year-old son “did the right thing” and asserted that “whoever insults the shrine, including demonstratively burning it, thereby insulting tens of millions of citizens of our great country, should be severely punished.” punishment”.

“Without exaggeration, yes, I am proud of what Adam has done. He was always distinguished by the desire to grow not among his own kind, but among his elders, thanks to which he formed adult ideals of honor, dignity and protection of his religion. I respect his choice,” he said.

Neither the presidential administration, nor the Investigative Committee of Russia, nor the Prosecutor General’s Office, nor the Ministry of Internal Affairs took any action. They did not even comment on the incident.

Only the Commissioner for Human Rights Tetyana Moskalkova stated that during the investigation, in which the detainee is in preventive detention, “it is necessary to observe the rules established by law.”

Kadyrov, sick?

The meeting between Putin and Kadyrov took place against the background of various assumptions about the state of health of the Chechen leader, about whom some media reported that he would no longer be alive. It is reliably known that he was recently admitted to the Central Hospital of the Kremlin, designated only for high-ranking Russian dignitaries.

“The voice of the Chechen leader has changed significantly,” writes NEXTA Live in Telegram. In a video of the meeting released on Thursday, Kadyrov speaks with difficulty, and what he says is inaudible.

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Putin welcomes the elections organized by the Russians “in the new historical regions of Donbass and Novorossiya”

At the same time, Putin met on Thursday with the leaders of four Ukrainian regions annexed by the Kremlin – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, which were recently elected in elections not recognized by Ukraine and the international community.

“For the first time, elections were held in the new historical regions of Donbass and Novorossiya in accordance with Russian legislation,” Putin emphasized during the video conference.

Putin noted that regional elections on September 10 confirmed the temporary governors of these four territories, which the Russian army still does not fully control.

“This is undoubtedly a significant event, an important step for the full entry of new regions into the unified state and legal space of our great country,” he said.

For their part, the leaders of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Denys Pushylin, and the Luhansk People’s Republic, Leonid Paseshnik, warmly thanked Putin for the trust and promised not to disappoint him.

The so-called legislative assemblies of the four territories on Saturday elected their four five-year governors, separatist officials imposed by Moscow when the Russian army occupied the regions in the early months of Russia’s current military campaign in Ukraine.

Then Ukraine appealed to all parliaments and governments of the world with a request not to recognize the results of the Russian local elections in the annexed regions.

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