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Since the beginning of the Russian war with Ukraine, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov and 29 of his close relatives received in total 146 different awards and insignia, calculated the Village publication.
The head of the region himself was most awarded. From 2022 to 2025 he was awarded 31 medal, that is, he was awarded on average every 40 days, noted “layout”. Ramzan Kadyrov received 21.2% of all the awards of his family members, a significant part of them - 13 - from different organizations. In particular, in May 2022, the head of Chechnya was awarded for the “outstanding contribution to the development” of the Kurchatov Institute.
In second place in the number of awards is the youngest son of the head of Chechnya Adam. According to the calculations of the “layout”, the 17-year-old teenager was awarded 16 medals and insignia. Exactly half of them - eight - the son of Kadyrov received in October and November 2023 - after his fatherpublished a video in which Adam beats the accused of burning the Qur'an of the Volgogradna Nikita Zhurael.
The awards of the youngest son Kadyrov continued after that. In August 2024, the son of the head of Chechnya was awarded the Order of Kadyrov - the highest award of the republic. In October of the same year, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Chechen Republic. On March 27, Adam Kadyrov was awarded the Medal of the Russian Guard “For Combat Difference”, the corresponding order was personally signed by the head of the department, Viktor Zolotov.
In third place - the daughter of the head of Chechnya Aishat Kadyrov, said "layout". Since February 2022, Aishat received ten awards. Among them is the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” of the II degree, the title “People's Artist of the Chechen Republic”, the title “Honored Worker of the Social Sphere of Chechnya” and the Order of Kadyrov.
A significant part of the awards received by Kadyrov’s family - 82 - make up the internal awards of Chechnya, as well as state ones. In second place are departmental awards. After the start of the war, Kadyrov and his relatives received 30 medals and insignia from different departments and ministries.