Fly Feared leader in Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov it brought a sarcastic smile to the faces of Western observers, as if it were a limited phenomenon. That was until February 24, 2022. But after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the role of Ahmat’s son, accused by many parties of murder and torture, he is gaining importance and the Russian media are talking about him more and more. An overflowing protagonism and one worrying authoritywhich now allow him to criticize previously untouchables.
Direct arrows not only too Russia’s chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky, Advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but also against the Spokesman for the President himself, Dmitry Peskov, for his words about the patriotism of the main and extremely popular TV presenter Ivan Urgant, who left the country and emigrated to Israel right at the beginning of the war. Peskov’s offense allegedly claimed he had yet to see a decree awarding it Rank of Lieutenant General to the head of Chechnya by Putin, whose spokesman is Peskov, almost always.
“I was really surprised when Peskov did not comment on the grading of the lieutenant general to me, presumably because he had not seen the decree. Here we are engaged in special operations day and night with all the security forces and volunteers, Kadyrov said on his Telegram channel. “It was possible to somehow cheer up or comment a little more sensitively “I did not see the decree”he said.
And then the reference to Saturday, April 2, when Peskov, in an interview with the Belarus1 TV channel, expressed his opinion on the behavior of some public figures in relation to Ukraine, trying to tone down I hate those who have decided to leave the country. “We have people said Peskov who were afraid. When it all started, some of them left, they said they were going on vacation, someone else said something. And they all acted differently, but There are those who got scared and not understood. And they are not enemies of the state,” Peskov said.
but Diplomatic and conciliatory tones are not important to Kadyrov, who obviously commented: “I didn’t know, but it turns out that in order to become a patriot of your country, you have to criticize the actions of Russia, go abroad” and then “go back as if nothing happened”, he called. Then it moved on to more menacing tones. “Strange. Heroes cannot be called heroes, generals are not called generals, cowardly fugitives are called patriots and even great ones. Peskov’s scale of priorities is somewhat immature. We must do something about it…”
It must be said that Peskov was publicly recognized by Putin as “irreplaceable”. And that proximity has made it one of the first targets of Western sanctions. A few days earlier, Kadyrov had also informed the Russian presidential adviser about Telegram Medinsky leading the Russian delegation to talks with Ukrainefor making a mistake when speaking about the outcome of the round of talks held in Istanbul on March 29. Donner: “We will not make any concessions. It was Mr Medinsky who made a mistake, he misunderstood the wording.
Kadyrov is there to applaud farright sociologist Alexander Dugin. According to Dugin Kadyrov, he turned out to be the “speaker of the Russian world” who apparently does not like to negotiate. For other observers, Putin may choose to do so “Test” Kadyrov for the role of his potential successor. In short, the unthinkable and absurd assertion of the war party against the peace party in Russia. But if not, to put the genius back in the bottle, this is Kadyrov on the borders of Chechnya, it gets really complex. How basically it is to end an absurd conflict.