Militia Leader
The Kadyrov clan defected to the Moscow side at the beginning of the Second Chechen War in 1999. Since then, Ramzan has led his militia with support from Russia's FSB state security service (including service ID cards) becoming the head of the Chechen Presidential Security Service. The militia later became known as the Kadyrovites.
He was falsely rumoured to have died of a gunshot wound inflicted by his bodyguard on 28 April 2004.
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