Kadyrovites

Kadyrovites or Kadyrovtsy () or Akhmat (Russian: Ахмат) is an informal term of Chechnya-based detachments of National Guard of Russia ("Rosguard"), Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Russian Ministry of Defence. The name refers to Akhmad Kadyrov, 1st President of the Chechen Republic and father of Ramzan Kadyrov. While technically subordinated to Russian state agencies, they enjoy a special treatment and some describe them as "Kadyrov's private army". Some Kadyrovite units are in charge of guarding Chechnya oil fields and Tsentaroi, now Akhmat-Yurt, Kadyrov's home village.

Key facts

Military unit.unit_name: Kadyrovtsy
Military unit.native_name: Кадыровцы
Military unit.image: Ахмат-Хаджи Кадыров и Магомед Даудов.jpg
Military unit.caption: Akhmad Kadyrov with several of his "Kadyrovtsy" on February 28, 2004.
Military unit.dates: 1996 - Present
Military unit.command_structure: Federal Security Service (2000–2004)Ministry of Internal Affairs (Chechnya) (2004–2016) National Guard of Russia (2016–present)
Military unit.patron: Akhmad Kadyrov
Military unit.battles: First Chechen War Second Chechen War Insurgency in the North Caucasus War in the Donbas Russo-Ukraine War
Military unit.commander1: Ramzan Kadyrov
Military unit.commander1_label: Colonel General

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Contents

Notable units
History
Militia
Legalization
International activities
Syria
Ukraine
Criticism
Human rights violations
Corruption
Extrajudicial punishment
Equipment
Small arms
Vehicles
Notable incidents
Kadyrov-Alkhanov conflict
Murder of Abdul Halim Sadulayev
Goretz unit mutiny
See also
References
Further reading

In 2015 BBC reported that a considerable part of Kadyrovites were Chechen Republic of Ichkeria militants pardoned by Russian president Vladimir Putin under the word of Ramzan Kadyrov, with their numbers informally estimated in the range of 10,000–30,000.