Akhmad Kadyrov

One has to nurture a new generation, to raise children in the spirit of Islam.

— Akhmad Kadyrov

There is a rule of Sharia: If the enemy wants to suppress you, you are supposed to put up a strong resistance.

— Akhmad Kadyrov

I always said that Wahhabism is unacceptable for the Chechen nation.

— Akhmad Kadyrov

The attempted assassinations against me were not accidental.

— Akhmad Kadyrov

I grew up in a very religious family. I could read the Qu'ran easily at the age of five.

— Akhmad Kadyrov

Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996.

— Akhmad Kadyrov

Criminals were coming to Chechnya from all over the world - they did not have a place in their own countries. But…

— Akhmad Kadyrov

One has to work for years and decades, to conduct negotiations, to stand for positions and points of view, to jointly develop…

— Akhmad Kadyrov

The people have already determined Chechnya's status at the referendum - it is a unit of the Russian Federation. Its political status…

— Akhmad Kadyrov

We need a strong police force - the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Chechnya. We have to get rid of the…

— Akhmad Kadyrov

I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including…

— Akhmad Kadyrov

People took part in the referendum because they were tired of the war. They are afraid of talking about it out loud,…

— Akhmad Kadyrov

That is why I came to conclusion that the election must take place, so that the republic can have a government. If…

— Akhmad Kadyrov

In the police force, two, three, five traitors are detected who are really working for someone else. When we cleanse the police…

— Akhmad Kadyrov

In 2001-2002, I told the president that the election was supposed to take place when the war was over, at a time…

— Akhmad Kadyrov