INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The head of the Russian Republic of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov criticized Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Saturday for comments he
that has ruled Chechnya with an iron fist since a nationalist movement ultimately failed to secure the nation's independence, reacted to
Republic of Ichkeria, the independent state proclaimed between the two Chechen wars.Kadyrov added that Chechens did not want independence
Yangulbaev publicly disagreed with Kadyrov, however, arguing that the 2003 referendum that backed Chechnya remaining as a federal subject of
In October, the Ukrainian parliament passed a resolution declaring the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria to be "temporarily occupied by the
Russian Federation."Kadyrov's father Akhmat initially fought on the side of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria during the First Chechen War
(1994-1996), only to switch sides in 1999 when the Second Chechen War began
Moscow appointed him to be the republic's president in 2003.
