Chechnya’s Ramzan Kadyrov awarded human rights activist medal

Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Russia’s Chechnya, has received a Merited Human Rights Advocate of Chechnya medal, TASS reported.

The medal was awarded for “outstanding achievements in protecting constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens, bravery and integrity in issues of upholding national interests of the Chechen people, commitment to traditional values, and devotion to duty”, TASS noted.

According to the state-affiliated news agency, Chechnya’s commissioner for human rights Mansur Soltaev handed the award. The same medals were given to Kadyrov’s mother Aymani Kadyrova and his late father Akhmat Kadyrov, posthumously.

Earlier, Kadyrov decorated himself with a Hero of Chechnya medal. He established the honour in November 2022.

“On behalf of Chechnya parliament members and me personally, I would like to congratulate you on the occasion of receiving the region’s highest honour of Hero of Chechnya No. 1. Your achievements in Chechnya and Russia cannot be overstated and it’s not an exaggeration to say that they need to be studied in special research,” head of the Chechen parliament Magomed Daudov said then.