Social media users have inquired about the source of Akhmat Kadyrov's charitable donations.

Chechnya's Minister of Physical Culture and Sports, Akhmat Kadyrov, donated over 18 million rubles to the families of fire victims. Social media users wondered when he managed to earn such a large sum.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," the appointment of Ramzan Kadyrov's eldest son, Akhmat Kadyrov, as Minister of Physical Culture and Sports of Chechnya was announced on May 21, 2024.

Chechen Republic Minister of Physical Culture and Sports Akhmat Kadyrov has closed 22 fundraising campaigns for the Daimokh Charitable Foundation, totaling over 18 million rubles, Grozny State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company reported.

Akhmat Kadyrov has closed fundraising campaigns for the foundation on numerous previous occasions. The funds raised helped fire victims who lost their homes and property, children with cancer and adults in need of urgent and expensive treatment, seriously ill children with congenital abnormalities, and patients with critical diagnoses, according to a December 3 publication.

The foundation's Instagram* page indicates that the beneficiaries included three families of fire victims—two of whom raised 5 million rubles, one 1.7 million rubles, and a young woman who suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning, for whose treatment 9.1 million rubles were raised.

A message about Akhmat Kadyrov's charity was posted on the Instagram* public page "Chepna ChP," which has over 108,000 subscribers. By 4:40 p.m. Moscow time, the message had garnered 92 comments and 1,400 likes.

"18 million, where does he get that kind of money?" - asked user ak.47.05.

"And where did he earn it?" asked khrkmariam.

"Russian taxpayers closed it, ordinary working people. Whose income tax is deducted from their salaries every month and subsidized Chechnya," noted soloilla22.

"What difference does it make whether he gave his own money or his father's? The main thing is that he did it. He closed the collections, helped people, did what most wouldn't even dare," noted user reen_msk.

A number of users agreed with his opinion, calling the news of Akhmat Kadyrov's donation good news.

"Caucasian Knot wrote that the Russian Ministry of Finance initiated a draft resolution at the end of November 2023, according to which the heads of Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetia should be personally responsible for the budget deficit and report on expenses under the threat of losing subsidies. The initiative to hold the heads of a number of regions of the country, including Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetia, personally responsible for the budget deficit seems rather questionable in terms of implementation, analysts interviewed by the Caucasian Knot noted.

In 2021, Dagestan and Chechnya were among the largest recipients of budget transfers in Russia. These figures follow from planned budget figures, specifically those for subsidies to equalize regional budgetary provision, which total 718 billion rubles, RBK reported. According to the publication, Dagestan received the largest amount of funds in 2021 – 72.9 billion rubles – for budgetary provision equalization. Chechnya also leads the way, receiving 33.5 billion rubles. The Kadyrov Foundation was established in 2004. Since its inception, Aymani Kadyrova, the widow of Akhmat Kadyrov, has served as its president, and Ramzan Kadyrov serves as chairman of the board of trustees. Chechen authorities have reported multibillion-ruble expenditures by the Kadyrov Foundation on the military operation in Ukraine. All public sector employees in Chechnya are required to donate approximately 10% of their income to charity every month, according to a report from the "Caucasian Knot" "Kadyrov's Foundation: How "Money from Allah" is Spended.

Almost the entire system of governance in Chechnya is tied personally to Ramzan Kadyrov and those close to him. Ramzan Kadyrov has 10 children - four sons (Akhmat, Zelimkhan, Adam, Abdullah) and six daughters (Aishat, Karina (Khadizhat), Khedi (Khutmat), Tabarik, Ashura, and Eishat). It is possible to find out which of Ramzan Kadyrov's relatives, friends, and fellow villagers have advanced in their careers. Read the "Caucasian Knot" report "The Main Thing About Kadyrov's Personnel Policy".

Governance in Chechnya, as in Russia as a whole, is built on a system of personal loyalty, political scientist Dmitry Oreshkin (Dmitry Borisovich Oreshkin has been recognized as a foreign agent) explained to the "Caucasian Knot" in 2019. "If for Vladimir Putin these are the security forces, then in the Caucasus these are family and clan ties. It is important that a person is "one of our own," so that he can be trusted with delicate matters. Each region has different, highly qualified people. But the point is that the priority is not in a person’s qualifications, but in the trust of the first person and loyalty to him. "This is a typical family-clan regime for forming power," he said.

At a meeting on March 2, 2020, Ramzan Kadyrov himself called Chechen residents dissatisfied with the appointments of his relatives "goats" and "shaitans". Two weeks earlier, on February 14, 2020, the head of Chechnya noted that 97% of his relatives work as rank-and-file employees of the security forces.

The degree of family-clan personnel policy in Chechnya is considered unique by some, while others consider it quite typical for Russia, according to a "Caucasian Knot" report.The Main Thing Kadyrov's personnel policy".