Kadyrov’s position in the Russian Federation is becoming increasingly complicated: it is not possible to maintain balance between the Kremlin and Chechnya – ISW

Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov cannot maintain a balance between the Kremlin and his supporters in his own republic. This was reported by analysts from the Institute for the Study of War.

The report dated October 25 stated that the Kremlin supports the “ultra-nationalist Russian Orthodox religion” and that Kadyrov adheres to Islamic values.

Analysts state that the leader of Chechnya has made contradictory religious statements in recent days. For example, on October 24, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and President of the Karachay-Circassian Republic Rashid Temrezov called Ramzan Kadyrov’s son Adem “inter-ethnic and interregional unity.” The incident took place after a young man beat a man suspected of burning the Quran.

Reportedly, Kadyrov himself tried to smooth things over, and on October 25, together with the head of the Russian Guard, Viktor Zolotov, publicly announced the opening of an Orthodox church in Chechnya. After that, he announced the establishment of a volunteer battalion named after Sheikh Mansour in Chechnya.

The ISW said the announcement angered Russian ultranationalists because a unit of the same name was fighting on the Ukrainian side.

“Sheikh Mansur was an 18th-century Chechen warrior who opposed Russian imperial rule,” analysts said.

Experts say Kadyrov will continue to anger Russian ultranationalists who have become increasingly opposed to immigrants from predominantly Muslim Central Asian countries and other religious minorities in Russia.

Let us remember, on August 16, Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova reported that Ramzan Kadyrov, the son of the President of Chechnya, may have beaten Nikita Zhuravel, who burned the Quran in front of a mosque in Volgograd, in the pre-trial detention center. In Grozny.