“The first time I was introduced to our president, Akhmat-haji Kadyrov, it was in Sochi in 2000. Subsequently, there were also meetings in Mozdok, in Gudermes, ”TASS quoted his words live on Instagram.
In December 2019, Putin at a large press conference in 2019 explained the decision to award Akhmat and Ramzan Kadyrov the titles of Hero of Russia.
According to him, Akhmat Kadyrov himself came to him to build relations between the republic and Moscow, and later died at the hands of terrorists.
The Russian leader noted that the current head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, is still in danger every day and is involved in military operations.
Kadyrov later said that Putin asked him not to go under the bullets and deal with economic issues.