Ramzan Kadyrov’s son becomes controller at Putin University

Adam Kadyrov (16), the son of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, has reportedly been appointed to control Vladimir Putin’s special forces university.

This is reported by the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, according to Dagbladet. The newspaper is said to have quoted a statement that Kadyrov has published on his Telegram channel.

“I think he will do an excellent job,” Kadyrov wrote.

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The university is private, and is located in the Chechen city of Gudermes. At the university, special forces receive professional training, writes Reuters.

Last October, Adam Kadyrov received his third medal from the Russian authorities.

– I have decided to give Adam Kadyrov the republic’s highest award, said Rashid Temrezov, leader of the southern Russian republic of Karachayevo-Cherkessia.

In the statement, Temrezov did not mention Adam Kadyrov’s use of violence. In the statement, Temrezov refers to the 15-year-old’s “personal contribution to the development of ethnic and regional unity and the strengthening of traditional Islamic values”.

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Struck prisoner

The 15-year-old has already received a medal from the leader of the Tatarstan region and a medal for heroic efforts for Chechnya from his father.

It was last September that Adam Kadyrov beat a prisoner in a prison. The inmate was a 19-year-old Russian who was accused in May of burning the Koran in front of a mosque in Volgograd. The 19-year-old was later transferred to the Russian republic of Chechnya, where the majority of the population is Muslim.

The violence was filmed and Ramzan Kadyrov said at the time that he was proud of his son. The police dropped the case and indicated that the 15-year-old is not of legal age. According to Russian criminal law, parents are responsible for their children’s actions.