{"id":111020,"date":"2026-08-13T14:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akhaltskha.net\/2026\/08\/kadyrov-doesnt-want-to-send-chechens-to-war-the-economist\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T14:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:10:16","slug":"kadyrov-doesnt-want-to-send-chechens-to-war-the-economist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akhaltskha.net\/?p=111020&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Kadyrov doesn’t want to send Chechens to war: The Economist"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\t\tDespite publicly pledging his support for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin\u2019s war against Ukraine, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has largely avoided sending Chechens to the front en masse, The Economist reported on Aug. 11, citing a source close to the republic\u2019s leadership.<\/div>\n
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\n\t\tKadyrov does not want to sacrifice Chechnya\u2019s population for the \u201cRussian world,\u201d the source said. At the same time, he has used the war to consolidate his power and suppress perceived disloyalty.<\/div>\n
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\n\t\tKadyrov\u2019s speeches are filled with bellicose attacks on the West and declarations of loyalty to Putin.<\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\u201cWe are ready to advance in whatever direction the supreme commander-in-chief chooses … [our] special forces are literally fired up to carry out extremely difficult missions,\u201d Kadyrov said on July 18.<\/div>\n
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\n\t\tHe previously claimed that Chechnya had sent more than 70,880 fighters to the war \u2014 equivalent to 9% of the republic\u2019s male population.<\/div>\n
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\n\t\tThat would be the highest deployment rate of any Russian region. Yet Mediazona, an independent Russian outlet that tracks military fatalities, had recorded only 539 Chechen deaths on July 10. Chechens represented 0.2% of Russia\u2019s recorded military deaths, despite accounting for 1.1% of its population.<\/div>\n
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\n\t\tFew Chechens are eager to fight for Russia after two brutal wars Moscow waged from 1994 to 2009 against the once-rebellious North Caucasus republic.<\/div>\n
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\n\t\t\u201cWhatever Moscow\u2019s interests may be in Ukraine, they are worlds apart from ours,\u201d a prominent Chechen close to the republic\u2019s leadership said.<\/div>\n
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\n\t\tAlthough Kadyrov boasts of being Putin\u2019s \u201cfoot soldier,\u201d the source said \u201cthe leader understands the situation perfectly well\u201d and does not want to sacrifice his people for the \u201cRussian world.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\n\t\tChechens have particular reasons to oppose the war, The Economist reported. Residents older than 35 remember the bombings and \u201ccleansing operations\u201d in which Russian forces committed atrocities in Chechnya \u2014 long before committing similar acts during the war in Ukraine, including in Bucha.<\/div>\n
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