Ramzan Kadyrov
Head of Chechen Republic since 2007
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| October 2024 | Kadyrov accused three members of the Russian parliament of attempting to commission an assassination against him. |
| June 2024 | A documentary alleged Kadyrov's preference for underage girls and his relationships with minors. |
| May 2024 | Kadyrov appointed Akhmat as the Minister of Physical Culture and Sports. |
| May 25 2024 | Daudov was approved by the Chechen Parliament to serve as Prime Minister. |
| May 6 2024 | Following a video by Tumso Abdurakhmanov showing a car with Kadyrov's son's symbols being burned in Grozny, Chechen authorities arrested around 90 people from Starye Atagi and Shali, with at least one person (Abdullakh Magomadov) being tortured to death. |
| May 6 2024 | A video was published showing a man burning a car associated with Kadyrov's son Adam, leading to mass arrests and reports of torture related to the incident. |
| April 2024 | Kadyrov's health condition was reported to have worsened, with claims of pancreatic necrosis diagnosed in 2019. |
| April 2024 | Kadyrov appointed Adam as the supervisor of the special forces training school in Gudermes. |
| February 2024 | Kadyrov appointed Akhmat as the Minister of Youth Affairs. |
| January 2024 | Kadyrov appointed Khadizhat as the First Deputy Head of the Administration of the Leader and Government of Chechnya. |
| 2023 | Kadyrov's son Adam was appointed the leader of his father's security team and awarded the 'Hero of the Chechen Republic' medal. |
| 2023 | Kadyrov's son Akhmat was appointed as the First Deputy Minister of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Chechen Republic. |
| November 2023 | Kadyrov offered to send 3,000 more troops to Ukraine under the command of the Russian Defence Ministry. |
| October 2023 | Kadyrov appointed Aishat as the Deputy Prime Minister for Social Issues. |
| September 2023 | Rumors about Kadyrov's health worsened, with reports claiming he was admitted to a Moscow hospital for kidney failure. |
| May 2023 | Kadyrov stated that Chechnya had sent over 26,000 soldiers to Ukraine. |
| 2022 | Pictured in military garb wearing $1,580 Prada Monolith boots. |
| October 5 2022 | Kadyrov announced that he had been promoted from lieutenant general to colonel general. |
| October 3 2022 | Kadyrov announced the deployment of his three underage sons as child soldiers to the front line in Ukraine. |
| October 1 2022 | Kadyrov called on Russia to use low-yield nuclear weapons in Ukraine. |
| September 22 2022 | Kadyrov stated that the 2022 Russian mobilization would not be implemented in the Chechen Republic. |
| March 28 2022 | President Putin promoted Kadyrov to the rank of lieutenant general. |
| January 20 2022 | Zarema Yangulbayeva, the wife of a former judge, was abducted in Nizhny Novgorod on charges of assault, with Kadyrov calling for retribution against her family. |
| October 2021 | Kadyrov appointed Aishat as the Minister of Culture. |
| 2020 | Kadyrov responded to President Emmanuel Macron's defense of Samuel Paty's actions by accusing Macron of encouraging terrorism through his stance on free speech. |
| 2020 | Following the murder of French teacher Samuel Paty by a man of Chechen descent for showing Charlie Hebdo cartoons, Kadyrov criticized the attack but warned against provoking the religious sentiments of Muslims, suggesting that French society was responsible for inciting such violence. |
| 2020 | Proekt.media published an analysis revealing that Ramzan Kadyrov and Adam Delimkhanov were allegedly operating multi-million dollar businesses in Moscow through intermediaries. |
| September 2020 | Kadyrov appointed his daughter Aishat as the First Deputy Minister of Culture of the Chechen Republic. |
| July 2020 | Promoted to the rank of major general through an executive order of the Russian president, transferred from Ministry of Internal Affairs to the National Guard of Russia. |
| July 2020 | Kadyrov was given the rank of major general through an executive order of the Russian president. |
| July 20 2020 | Further sanctions were added by the United States against Kadyrov, accusing him of increasing abuses on civilians during the COVID-19 pandemic. His immediate family were also sanctioned, prohibiting their travel to the United States. |
| June 15 2020 | The State Security Service of Georgia arrested a Russian citizen for an assassination attempt on journalist Giorgi Gabunia, with allegations that Kadyrov sent the assassin, which Kadyrov denied. |
| May 15 2020 | Kadyrov stated that medical workers protesting over lack of PPE must be sacked during a live broadcast. |
| April 21 2020 | Following threats against Aslan Doukaev from Kadyrov over an article criticizing his government's lockdown measures, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty complained to Russian authorities. |
| April 13 2020 | Kadyrov threatened journalist Elena Milashina on Instagram, calling her article about Chechnya's coronavirus lockdown 'defamatory' and criticizing federal authorities for not acting against the media. |
| February 2020 | Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a Chechen dissident blogger, was attacked but managed to overpower his assailant, who claimed to be sent by Moscow. |
| January 30 2020 | Imran Aliev, an anti-Kadyrov blogger, was murdered in Lille, and the French authorities linked the killing to a hitman with connections to Kadyrov. |
| November 2019 | During a government function, called for online users insulting someone's honor to be killed, arrested, or intimidated. |
| June 2019 | Issued an Instagram video threatening citizens of Dagestan who might insult Chechnya or Chechens online. |
| September 26 2018 | Kadyrov signed an agreement with Yunus-bek Yevkurov, resolving a border dispute between Chechnya and Ingushetia. |
| May 19 2018 | Kadyrov stated he had personally overseen the operation to eliminate attackers following an attack on the Church of Archangel Michael in Grozny. |
| April 2018 | In April 2018, Ramzan Kadyrov stated that all Muslim men are permitted by Allah to have four wives, emphasizing that he considers it more honest than having mistresses, while also denying reports that polygamy would be legalized in Chechnya. |
| January 2018 | Oyub Titiev, head of Memorial in Chechnya, was arrested on drug charges claimed to be fabricated by Kadyrov's government. |
| December 28 2017 | Facebook issued a statement confirming that it suspended Kadyrov's accounts following sanctions imposed on him by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. |
| December 26 2017 | Russia's telecommunications overseer, Roskomnadzor, requested an explanation from Facebook regarding the suspension of Kadyrov's accounts. |
| December 23 2017 | Ramzan Kadyrov discovered that his Russian-language Instagram and Facebook accounts were not operational, leading him to express frustration over not receiving a response from Instagram regarding the matter. |
| December 20 2017 | The United States imposed sanctions under the Magnitsky Act on Kadyrov and four other Russian nationals, accusing him of personal involvement in repression, torture, and murder. |
| December 5 2017 | Kadyrov announced that no Chechen athletes would participate under a neutral flag at the 2018 Winter Olympics. |
| November 27 2017 | Kadyrov stated he was ready to resign as Head of the Chechen Republic during an interview. |
| September 2017 | Ramzan Kadyrov condemned the persecution of Muslims in Myanmar and organized a rally in Grozny to support the persecuted Rohingya people. |
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