Kadyrov named his teenage son director of a special forces university named after Putin

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadîrov announced that he appointed his teenage son, who was seen beating a prisoner in custody last year, to the post of administrator of the Russian University of Special Forces, named after President Vladimir Putin, reports Reuters, according to Agerpres.

Adam Kadîrov, who turned 16 in November, was appointed last year as his father’s bodyguard and observer in a new battalion that is part of the Russian Defense Ministry forces.

Kadîrov wrote on Sunday, in a statement sent on the Telegram messaging application: “He is closely familiar with the activities of the famous university, so I think he will handle the assigned responsibilities perfectly.”

He also added that the appointment came after a request from the head of the university, which is located in Gudermes, a city in Chechnya. This private educational institution in Russia offers vocational training for special units.

In September, the young Kadîrov was seen in a video posted on social networks by his father punching and kicking a prisoner accused of burning the Koran. The prisoner, Nikita Juravel, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.

Kadyrov said he was proud of the boy for defending his Muslim religion, but the incident drew criticism even from pro-Kremlin radicals.

He enjoys wide leeway from Putin to run Chechnya as a personal fiefdom in return for ensuring stability in the region, which has fought two separatist wars with Moscow since the breakup of the Soviet Union, Reuters notes.

Kadyrov has ruled Chechnya, a federal republic of Russia, since 2007 and has sent thousands of fighters to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion began in February 2022.

Publisher: CS

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