Solovyov's choice of his words appear to have offended Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's Akhmat battalion, which plays a significant role in the war in Ukraine, and Chechen officials. Solovyov ...

MOSCOW, May 6. /TASS/. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has said that the Akhmat commando force is ready to move into Artemovsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut). "Akhmat [commando] units are ready to move to ...

"I have proposed the candidacy of Akhmat Kadyrov, who is the Minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the Republic of Chechnya, for the post of the [football] club's president," he continued.