“There are a million Chechens, and 150 million Russians. If every Chechen kills 150 Russians, we will win.”
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Akhmat-Khadzhi Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov was a Russian politician and revolutionary who served as Chief Mufti of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the 1990s during and after the First Chechen War. At the outbreak of the Second Chechen War he switched sides, offering his service to the Russian government, and later became the President of the Chechen Republic from 5 October 2003, having acted as h…
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politics · Chechen militant and revolutionary (1951–2004) · politician · theologian · mufti · economist · also Akhmad Kadyrov, Akhmat Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov, Akhmad-Khadzhi Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov, Akhmad-Haji Kadyrov, Kadyrov
Born 23 August 1951 · Died 9 May 2004 · Q297006
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“There are a million Chechens, and 150 million Russians. If every Chechen kills 150 Russians, we will win.”
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Published “Targeting immune–fibroblast cell communication in heart failure” in Nature — cited 258 times.
Published “PCNA function in the activation and strand direction of MutLα endonuclease in mismatch repair” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — cited 260 times.
Published “Practical Imidazole‐Based Phosphine Ligands for Selective Palladium‐Catalyzed Hydroxylation of Aryl Halides” in Angewandte Chemie International Edition — cited 231 times.
His younger son, Ramzan Kadyrov, led his father's militia and was appointed prime minister and president of Chechnya in March 2007.
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Published “Apoptosis and its role in the trophoblast” in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology — cited 291 times.
Published “Endonucleolytic Function of MutLα in Human Mismatch Repair” in Cell — cited 564 times.
Awarded Hero of the Russian Federation (2004).
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Died 2004-05-09.
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His eldest son, Zelimkhan Kadyrov, died on 31 May 2004.
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Career landmark: Head of the Chechen Republic (2003–2004).
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Published “Highly Enantioselective Hydrogen‐Transfer Reductive Amination: Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Primary Amines” in Angewandte Chemie International Edition — cited 267 times.
Kadyrov gave a speech before the armed militia telling them that the nation was behind them, that the recent outbreak of violence was the fault of Christian and foreign involvement, and that they should keep on fighting
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Career landmark: mufti (1995–2000).
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Was appointed Chief Mufti of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and correspondingly Chairperson of the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of the Chechen Republic
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Started studying Islam at Mir-i Arab Madrasah in Bukhara, and followed by studying at Islamic University in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, from 1982 to 1986
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Born 1951-08-23.
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“in Meduza (8 November 2019) “I always believed that the main goal of any father is to instill piety in his sons and teach them to protect the family, the people, the Fatherland. If you want peace, prepare for war! Akhmat, Eli and Adam are ready to use their skills… And I”
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“in The Independent (19 July 2017) Even if I fell sick, in the world millions of people are infected with coronavirus, tens of thousands have died, and am I not human?”
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