“I am going on annual paid leave from January 12, 2023.

I entrust the performance of the duties of the Head of the Chechen Republic for the period of my vacation to Khuchiev Muslim Magomedovich, ”RIA Novosti quotes the text of the official order.

Earlier, Kadyrov said that more than 21,000 Chechen fighters have taken part in the special military operation since its inception.

In January, the head of Chechnya announced that about 300 OMON fighters from the republic went to the zone of a special military operation.