Zamid Chalayev showed off his collection of awards and a selfie with the fighter
Zamid Chalayev, commander of the Akhmat Kadyrov Special Police Regiment, posted a collection of approximately 80 orders and medals on social media, along with a photo of a slain militant.
As reported by the " Caucasian Knot ," Zamid Chalayev, commander of the Interior Ministry's special forces regiment, was placed under UK sanctions in September. He had previously been included on the US and Japanese sanctions lists.
Chalayev, a member of Ramzan Kadyrov's clan, became commander of the Akhmad Kadyrov Regiment in July 2019. Prior to this appointment, Chalayev held a leadership position in this unit. Putin awarded him the title Hero of Russia despite reports of his involvement in gross human rights violations in Chechnya.
Zamid Chalayev, commander of the Kadyrov Police Regiment, displayed a collection of approximately 80 medals and orders awarded for the murders of various opponents of Ramzan Kadyrov. Chalayev's temporary Instagram post was brought to the attention of Verstka*.
On October 15, Chalayev posted two videos on his Stories showing his shelves of awards, including the Hero of the Russian Federation Star, the Order of Courage, and the Medal "For Bravery." In total, no fewer than 79 awards are visible on the shelves of both shelves.
Off-camera, Chalayev speaks in Chechen to an interlocutor, telling him the stories of his awards. "This medal is cast from the silver of those we killed. It's for killing the Azov soldiers. This medal is for killing Byutukaev's deputy (...) Every medal has its hero," the publication quotes a translation of Chimaev's words by Chechen activist Musa Lomayev.
A little later, Chalayev posted a photo to his Stories of himself taking a selfie with the body of a dead militant who resembled Aslan Byutukaev. A colleague is filming the smiling Chalayev with an iPhone from the side, with Chalayev aiming the front-facing camera at himself so that the dead man's face is included in the frame.
Aslan Byutukayev , also known as Abubakar and Amir Khamzat, was involved in the 2011 terrorist attack at Domodedovo Airport and the December 4, 2014, attack by Chechen militants on Grozny. He was on the federal wanted list and sanctioned by the United States and the European Union. On January 20, 2021, Ramzan Kadyrov announced the killing of six militants led by Byutukayev in Chechnya near the village of Qatar-Yurt.
Chimaev's collection of awards is approaching that of Ramzan Kadyrov himself, who holds over 85 awards and titles. Kadyrov received his latest award, a medal for his contribution to the development of farming, only on October 12th. A week earlier, on October 5th, Kadyrov was awarded the title of Hero of Chechnya for the second time on the occasion of his birthday , and he personally signed the decree awarding the title. The "Caucasian Knot" published a report titled " Kadyrov and His Awards ."
Verstka* previously calculated that members of the Kadyrov clan have received over 150 awards since the start of the military operation in Ukraine. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has received at least 31 awards, with his son Adam holding the second-highest number of awards, and his daughter Aishat third.
The "Caucasian Knot" also reported that in March 2021, the Kadyrov Regiment found itself at the center of a scandal after Novaya Gazeta published an account by former regiment soldier Suleiman Gezmakhmayev, who witnessed extrajudicial killings in Chechnya. The publication caused a stir not only in Chechnya, where relatives of regiment soldiers accused the author, Elena Milashina, of provocations at a rally, but also in Moscow and beyond.
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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/416361
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