All individuals
Chechen security services
Chechen officials
Deputy minister of transport, communications and digital development of the Chechen Republic
First deputy mayor of Groznyy
Minister of Natural Resources and Protecting the Environment for the Chechen Republic (October 2023-date)
Head, Administration of Vedenskiy Rayon (November 2023)
Deputy minister of physical culture and sports of the Chechen Republic
First deputy minister of nationalities, external ties, print and information of the Chechen Republic
Deputy minister of nationalities, external ties, print and information of the Chechen Republic
Deputy finance minister of the Chechen Republic (2021-date)
Head, Administration of Shatoyskiy Rayon (November 2019-date)
Deputy minister of economic and territorial development of the Chechen Republic
Federation Council Senator for the Chechen Republic (October 2021-date); deputy chairman, Federation Council Committee for Social Policy
Commander, Spetsnaz Akhmat (March 2022-date); deputy head, Main Directorate for Military-Political Work at the Russian Ministry of Defence (April 2024-date)
Owner, Yunimilk (minority owner, September 2023?-December 2024; full owner, December 2024-date); minority owner, Vamin-R (September 2023-date); member of board of directors, H&N (Danone Rossiya) (?-?)
Minister of Health of the Chechen Republic (November 2022-date)
Deputy minister of transport, communications and digital development of the Chechen Republic
Deputy minister of nationalities, external ties, print and information of the Chechen Republic
Deputy head of the police for protecting public order, Chechen Interior Ministry
Deputy culture minister of the Chechen Republic
Deputy Minister for Nationalities, External Ties, Print, and Information of the Chechen Republic (April 2021-date)
Minister of Labour, Employment, and Social development of the Chechen Republic (October 2017-date); Chechen deputy prime minister (February 2025-date)
Co-owner, Megastroyinvest (March 2022-date)
Advisor to the head of Chechnya (May 2022-date); acting head doctor, Gudermesskiy Central District Hospital (September 2024-date)
Russian first deputy sports minister (February 2020-date)
Aide to the Russian minister of enlightenment (March 2021-date)
Minister of Tourism of the Chechen Republic (July 2018-date)
Deputy minister of property and land relations of the Chechen Republic
Deputy minister of labour, employment, and social development of the Chechen Republic
First deputy minister of trade and industry of the Chechen Republic
General director, Unity Entrepreneurship Development Centre (September 2024-date)
Head, Administration of Shelkovskiy Rayon
First deputy minister of trade and industry of the Chechen Republic
Minister of Transport, Communications, and Digital Development of the Chechen Republic (June 2024-date)
Assistant to the Chechen Head for pre-school education
Commander, Directorate for Extra-Departmental Security for the Chechen Republic
Deputy, Council of Deputies in Argun; aide to the mayor of Argun; head of the Argunskoye spetsializirovannoye remontno-stroitelnoye predpriyatiye
Minister of Education and Science of the Chechen Republic (November 2021-date)
Co-owner, Illich Illich Steel and Iron Works
Chechen Deputy Prime Minister (May 2024-date)
Senior investigator, Criminal Investigations Division, Police Division No 2 for the City of Groznyy
Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic (25 May 2024-date; honorary president and board chairman, Akhmat FC; permanent member, Chechen Security Council
Advisor to and representative of the Head of the Chechen Republic to Arab and Muslim countries
First deputy minister of physical culture and sports of the Chechen Republic (May 2024-date)
Deputy minister of nationalities, external ties, print and information of the Chechen Republic
State Duma Deputy for Chechnya (2007-date); deputy chair of the Committee for Security and Combatting Corruption (June 2022-date)
Deputy minister of physical culture and sports of the Chechen Republic (May 2024-date)
Police officer, Chechen Interior Ministry
Deputy, Chechen parliament (October 2008-date)
Deputy, Chechen parliament (September 2016-date)
Deputy minister of tourism of the Chechen Republic
State Duma Deputy for Chechnya; member, parliamentary committee for nationalities
Deputy minister of nationalities, external ties, print and information of the Chechen Republic
Minister for Nationalities, External Ties, Print, and Information of the Chechen Republic (April 2021-date)
Owner and general director, Chechen Mineral Water (October 2018)
Deputy finance minister of the Chechen Republic (March 2022-date)
Deputy minister of labour, employment, and social development of the Chechen Republic
Deputy finance minister for the Chechen Republic (June 2017-date)
Advisor to the head of the Chechen Republic; president, Turpal-Ali Kadyrov Edelweys Judo Club
Deputy parliamentary speaker (October 2021-date); Deputy, Chechen parliament (September 2016-date)
Deputy minister of transport, communications and digital development of the Chechen Republic
General director, Grozneftegaz (April 2011-date)
Deputy finance minister of the Chechen Republic (September 2018-date)
Chair, Chechen Supreme Court (June 2017-date)
Deputy health minister of the Chechen Republic
Deputy minister of economic and territorial development of the Chechen Republic
Deputy minister of roads of the Chechen Republic
Federation Council Senator for the Chechen Republic (June 2011-date); member of the committee for regulating and organising parliamentary activity
Advisor to Ramzan Kadyrov (2017-date)
Representative of the Chechen Republic to Rostov Oblast
Co-owner, Megastroyinvest (March 2022-date)
Deputy minister of labour, employment, and social development of the Chechen Republic
Minister of culture of the Chechen Republic (August 2024-date)
Head of the Administration of Kurchaloyevskiy Rayon (March 2020-date)
Chechen Interior Minister (2 November 2023-date)
Vice president, Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation (March 2024-date)
Head, Administration of Sernovodskiy Rayon (May 2021-date)
Director, Berkat Argun (November 2022-date)
Responsible for supervising the Russian University of Spetsnaz (April 2024-date), the Sheikh Mansur Battalion (November 2023-date), and the Chechen Interior Ministry (April 2025-date); head of Ramzan Kadyrov’s personal security (November 2023-date); member, Arab Arbitration Court (February 2025-date); Secretary and head, Chechen Security Council (April 2025-date)
Minister of Physical Culture and Sport of the Chechen Republic (May 24-date); president, Akhmat FC (2024)
General Director, Akhmat FC; President, boxing federation of the Chechen Republic
Deputy minister of agriculture of the Chechen Republic
Member of the presidium of the Chechen branch of United Russia
Mayor, Groznyy (acting, 2 March 2021-29 March 2021; 29 March 2021-date)
Chair, Council of Alims of the North Caucasus Federal District
Deputy, Chechen parliament (October 2008-date)
Head of the Chechen Republic (February 2007-date. Acting president February-April 2007. Title changed from president to head in September 2010); honorary president, Akhmat FC
Deputy head, Rospotrebnadzor for the Chechen Republic (October 2020-date)
President, Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation (May 2004-date)
Chairperson and founder, non-profit organisation Edinstvo Entrepreneurship Development Centre
Chairman of the Committee for Legislation, State Building and Local Government of the Chechen Parliament
Aide to the Chechen head for Middle East affairs (Jan 25-date)
Head, Administration of Nadterechnyy Rayon (October 2021-date)
Deputy minister of tourism of the Chechen Republic
Deputy finance minister of the Chechen Republic (February 2014-date)
Aide to the Russian prime minister (24 May 2024-date)
Minister of Industry and Trade for the Chechen Republic (May 2024-date)
Deputy minister of roads of the Chechen Republic
Deputy minister of agriculture of the Chechen Republic
Head, Administration of Urus-Martanovskiy Rayon
Deputy health minister of the Chechen Republic
Head, Service for Supporting the Activities of Magistrates of the Chechen Republic (2020-date)
First deputy minister of youth affairs of the Chechen Republic
Head, Administration of Sharoyskiy Rayon
Deputy minister of agriculture of the Chechen Republic
Vice president, Akhmat FC (Oct 24-date); deputy prime minister of the Chechen Republic (Jul 23-date); minister of agriculture of the Chechen Republic (Jul 23-date)
Deputy minister of economic and territorial development of the Chechen Republic
Mufti of Chechnya (11 June 2014-date); Chairman of the majlis of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Chechen Republic (11 June 2014-date); first deputy chairman, Higher Religious Council of the Council of the Peoples of the Caucasus; first deputy chairman, Coordination Centre of the Muslims of the North Caucasus (19 April 2017-date)
Deputy culture minister of the Chechen Republic
Head, Nozhay-Yurtovskiy Rayon (January 2017-date)
Deputy finance minister of the Chechen Republic (November 2021-date)
Head of the Rosreyestr Directorate for Chechnya
First deputy director of Chechnya’s mandatory medical insurance fund
Deputy minister of economic and territorial development of the Chechen Republic
Deputy health minister of the Chechen Republic
State Duma Deputy for the Chechen Republic (Dec 11-date)
State Duma Deputy for Chechnya; deputy chair, parliamentary committee for non-governmental associations and religious organisations
Deputy health minister of the Chechen Republic
First deputy culture minister of the Chechen Republic
Minister for the Economic and Territorial Development of the Chechen Republic (19 November 2021-date); deputy prime minister of the Chechen Republic (May 2024-date)
Deputy minister of youth affairs of the Chechen Republic
Deputy health minister of the Chechen Republic
Deputy minister of roads of the Chechen Republic
Ombudsman for human rights in the Chechen Republic
Deputy minister of economic and territorial development of the Chechen Republic
Deputy prime minister of the Chechen Republic; minister of finance of the Chechen Republic (19 November 2021-date, although, according to his official biography, he occupied both roles from April 2017 to October 2021, with an unexplained two-day break in the Ministry of Finance role in October 2021 and a one month break in the deputy prime minister role in October-November 2021)
Deputy minister of property and land relations of the Chechen Republic
Deputy prime minister of the Chechen Republic (November 2008-date; acting 5 October 2016 to 26 October 2016); plenipotentiary representative of the Chechen Republic to the president of the Russian Federation (November 2008-date; acting 5 October 2016 to 26 October 2016)
Deputy finance minister of the Chechen Republic (July 2023-date)
Head of the Administration of the Head and Government of the Chechen Republic (2 March 2021-date)
Deputy, parliament of Chechnya (8 September 2013-date); deputy chairman, committee for the agroindustrial complex, land relations, ecology, and natural resources; member, committee for construction and housing and municipal services; member, committee for education, science and culture
General Director, Chaborz
Deputy minister of roads of the Chechen Republic
Head, Rospotrebnadzor for the Chechen Republic
Deputy minister of property and land relations of the Chechen Republic
Deputy minister of youth affairs of the Chechen Republic
First deputy prime minister of the Chechen Republic; Roads minister of the Chechen Republic (November 2023-date)
Head, Directorate for Supporting the Ministry of Industry and Energy of the Chechen Republic
Head of the tax service for the Chechen Republic (?-date)
Acting director, Chechen Professional and Technical College
Deputy minister of property and land relations of the Chechen Republic
President, Academy of Sciences of the Chechen Republic (July 2022-date)
First deputy minister of labour, employment, and social development of the Chechen Republic
General director, Megastroyinvest (April 2018-date)
Deputy minister of physical culture and sports of the Chechen Republic
General Director, Appia Logistics (December 2023-date); owner, Appia Logistics (November 2024-date)
Director, GTRK Vaynakh (April 2020-date)
Deputy minister of agriculture of the Chechen Republic
Head, Police Division No 2 for the City of Groznyy (Baysangurovskiy Rayon) (October 2022-date)
Deputy prime minister of the Chechen Republic (Vismuradov’s official biography dates his appointment as deputy prime minister to 23 March 2020. However, Kadyrov announced his appointment on 20 February 2020)
Minister of Youth Affairs of the Chechen Republic (May 2024-date)
First deputy minister of trade and industry of the Chechen Republic
Deputy health minister of the Chechen Republic
Deputy health minister of the Chechen Republic
Deputy minister of economic and territorial development of the Chechen Republic
Vice president, Akhmat FC; general director, H&N (Danone Rossiya) (July 2023-date); general director, H&N Treyd (July 2023-date)
First deputy speaker, Chechen parliament (October 2016-date0
Head, Accounts Chamber for the Chechen Republic (December 2023-date)
Deputy head, department of the head and government of the Chechen republic
Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities and Energy of the Chechen Republic (April 2016-date; acting between May and October 2016)
Deputy minister of economic and territorial development of the Chechen Republic
Chechen parliamentary speaker (May 2024-date)
Commander, Spetsnaz Akhmat (March 2022-date); deputy head, Main Directorate for Military-Political Work at the Russian Ministry of Defence (April 2024-date)
Chair, Chechen Supreme Court (June 2017-date)
Chechen Interior Minister (2 November 2023-date)
Head, Administration of Sernovodskiy Rayon (May 2021-date)
Responsible for supervising the Russian University of Spetsnaz (April 2024-date), the Sheikh Mansur Battalion (November 2023-date), and the Chechen Interior Ministry (April 2025-date); head of Ramzan Kadyrov’s personal security (November 2023-date); member, Arab Arbitration Court (February 2025-date); Secretary and head, Chechen Security Council (April 2025-date)
Member of the presidium of the Chechen branch of United Russia
Deputy prime minister of the Chechen Republic (Vismuradov’s official biography dates his appointment as deputy prime minister to 23 March 2020. However, Kadyrov announced his appointment on 20 February 2020)
Deputy secretary of the Chechen Security Council
Head, Personnel Directorate at the Chechen Interior Ministry
Director, Chechen Target Practice Federation (?-?)
Head, Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Chechen Republic (acting 2022-February 2024; permanent February 2024-date)
Prosecutor of the Chechen Republic (7 November 2022-date)
Commander, Zapad-Akhmat Battalion (June 2022-date)
Head, Kurchaloyevskiy Rayon police department (2017-date)
Head, Shatoyskiy Rayon police department (November 2023-date)
Head, State Automobile Inspectorate for Sharoyskiy Rayon
Head, Nadterechnyy Rayon police department (October 2021-date); joint commander, Akhmat joint detachment (September 2024-date)
Head, Sharoyskiy Rayon police department (May 2016-date)
Head, Medical and Sanitary Unit of the Chechen Interior Ministry (February 2006-date)
First deputy prosecutor of the Chechen Republic (January 2021-date)
Chief of Staff and First Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (2011-date)
Head, State Automobile Inspectorate for Achkhoy-Martanovskiy Rayon
Head, Police Division No 1 for the City of Groznyy (September 2022-date)
Director, centre for employment, Groznyy’s Akhmatovskiy Rayon
Deputy head, Main Directorate for Combatting Extremism (Sep 23-date)
General Director and 90% owner, Groznyy-Siti (October 2012-date); General director, Master (July 2014-date)
Commander, Chervlenskiy Special Purpose Battalion (April 2024-date)
Head, Department of Special Tasks
Commander, 2nd Battalion, Sever-Akhmat Regiment
First deputy interior minister of the Chechen republic and head of the police of the Chechen Republic (November 2023-date)
Head, Logistics Directorate at the Chechen Interior Ministry and Chechen Deputy Interior Minister (May 2012-date)
Head, Division of the Centre for Licencing and Permit Work for the City of Groznyy and Groznenskiy and Shalinskiy Rayons (?-?)
Head, Main Directorate for the North Caucasus Federal District (June 2016-date)
Head, Urus-Martanovskiy Rayon police department (August 2019-date)
Minister of Property and Land Relations of the Chechen Republic (May 2025-date)
Head, Vedenskiy Rayon police department (March 2021-date)
Director, Federal Security Service (May 2008-date); chair, National Antiterrorism Committee (May 2008-date); permanent member, Security Council (May 2008-date); member, Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation (September 2014-date); chair, Council of the heads of the security organs and special services of the state-members of the CIS (May 2008-date); member, Presidential Council for Combatting Corruption (May 2008-date)
Chief, Main Directorate of Intelligence, Ukrainian Armed Forces (August 2020-date)
Commander, Baysangur Benoyevskiy Operational Battalion (October 2023-date)
Head, Gudermesskiy Rayon police department (December 2019-date)
Head, Nozhay-Yurtovskiy Rayon police department (December 2019-date)
Commander, Akhmat Kadyrov Special Purpose Police Regiment (July 2019-date)
Head, Directorate for Traffic Safety, Chechen Interior Ministry (October 2017-date); curator, Gudermesskiy and Shelkovskiy Rayons (September 2020-date)
Acting commander, North Caucasus District Troops of the National Guard
Acting head, Division for Information and Public Relations
Head, State Automobile Inspectorate for Groznyy
Head, Achkoy-Martanovskiy Interior Ministry
Head, Centre for Licencing and Permit Work; deputy head, Rosgvardia Directorate for Chechnya (?-?)
Director, Russian University of Spetsnaz (May 2023-date)
Aide to the director of Rosgvardia
Head, Directorate for the city of Groznyy (13 November 2023-date)
Head, Rosgvardia Directorate for Chechnya (October 2016-date)
Commander, 42nd Motorised Division (December 2022-date)
Commander, special purpose battalion, Sever-Akhmat Regiment
Head, State Automobile Inspectorate for Itum-Kalinskiy Rayon
Head, Naurskiy Rayon police department (?-?); commander, Akhmat joint detachment (September 2024-date)
Commander, Groznyy Special Purpose Battalion (December 2018-date)
Head, Directorate for Economic Security and Combatting Corruption (February 2018-date)
Commander, 1st Battalion, Akhmat Kadyrov Special Purpose Police Regiment
Head, Centre for Combatting Extremism at the Chechen Interior Ministry
Head, Shalinskiy Rayon police department (July 2024-date)
Deputy commander, second army corps (May 2024-date)
Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and Russian Deputy Defence Minister (November 2012)
Commander, Sheikh Mansur Battalion (Oct 23-date)
Head, Shelkovskiy Rayon police department (?-?)
Head, Division for Records Management and Regulations
Head, Pensions Division of the Chechen Interior Ministry
Deputy secretary, Russian Security Council (December 2016-date)
Head, Directorate of Deep-Sea Research (GUGI)
General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation (nominated September 2025)
Head, Drugs Control Directorate at the Chechen Interior Ministry (July 2021-date)
Chief of staff, Akhmat Kadyrov 141st Special Motorised Regiment (Sever)
Head, State Automobile Inspectorate for Naurskiy Rayon
Deputy head of the Rosgvardia Directorate for Chechnya, responsible for military-political work
Commander, Akhmat Kadyrov 141st Special Motorised Regiment (Mar 23-date)
Head, Legal Office at the Chechen Interior Ministry (February 2005-date)
Director, Federal Security Service Directorate for Chechnya (November 2023)
Head, State Automobile Inspectorate for Nadterechnyy Rayon
Head, State Automobile Inspectorate for Groznenskiy Rayon
Head, State Automobile Inspectorate for Vedenskiy Rayon
Commander, Vostok, Donetsk People’s Republic Interior Ministry
Deputy secretary, Russian Security Council (January 2017-date)
Head, State Automobile Inspectorate for Kurchaloyevskiy Rayon
Deputy secretary, Russian Security Council (September 2018-date)
Director, Operational Information and International Relations Service (Fifth Service), FSB (June 2024)
First deputy director, Federal Security Service (March 2021-date)
Head, Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces
Commander, 249th Detached Special Motorised Battalion (Yug)
Head, State Automobile Inspectorate for Shalinskiy Rayon
Commander, 94th Operational Regiment (March 2023-date)
Head, State Automobile Inspectorate for Shatoyskiy Rayon
Advisor to the Emergency Situations Minister (June 2022-date)
Head, State Automobile Inspectorate for Urus-Martanovskiy Rayon
Deputy secretary, Security Council (June 2024-date)
Head, Intelligence Operations Unit for Internal Affairs, Chechen Interior Ministry (April 2025-date)
Head of the Apparatus of the Chechen Security Council
Head, Argun police department (July 2024-date)
First deputy secretary, Security Council (February 2023-date)
Head, Division for Combatting the Illegal Use of Information-Communication Technology, Chechen Interior Ministry
Head, Investigative Directorate for the Chechen Republic (May 2025-date)
Commander, Battalion for Protecting the Facilities of the Chechen Interior Ministry (July 2021-date)
Head, police division for Itum-Kalinskiy Rayon (July 2021-date)
Head, Service to Protect the Constitutional System and Combat Terrorism (Second Service), FSB
Deputy secretary, Russian Security Council (February 2023-date)
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation (May 2024-date)
Head, State Automobile Inspectorate for Gudermesskiy Rayon (30 January 2025-date)
Head, Groznyy Line Division for Transport (November 2016-date)
Commander, 3rd Battalion, Akhmat Kadyrov Special Purpose Regiment
Head, Chechen Ministry of Justice (October 2016-date)
Head, Main Directorate of the Emergencies Ministry for the Chechen Republic (March 2022-date; acting November 2021-March 2022)
Head, State Automobile Inspectorate for Argun (?-?)
Commander, 96th Operational Regiment (?-?)
Deputy head, Chechen Security Council
Assistant to the North Caucasus Federal District plenipotentiary (April 2022-date); curator, Erzi Battalion (August 2022-date)
Head, Russian University of Spetsnaz (May/June 2023-date); Aide to the Head of the Chechen Republic
Deputy secretary, Russian Security Council (February 2019-date)
Head, State Automobile Inspectorate for Nozhay-Yurtovskiy Rayon
Commander, 46th Detached Operational Brigade, Rosgvardia (October 2019-date)
Head, Groznenskiy Rayon police department, Chechnya (October 2024-date)
Head, State Automobile Inspectorate for Shelkovskiy Rayon
Deputy secretary, Chechen Security Council
Deputy commander, Wagner Legion Istra; in charge of operations in Libya (described as “far front” commander)
Curator of Wagner Legion Istra operations in Mali
Commander, Wagner Legion Istra
Commander, Wagner troops in Central African Republic; chairman, League for the Protection of the Interests of the Veterans of Local Wars and Conflicts (30 June 2023-date); advisor to CAR President Touadera on security issues (Sep 24-date)
Propaganda coordinator for the Wagner Group in the Central African Republic
Tasked with managing Wagner in Ukraine following the June 2024 Wagner coup attempt
First Volunteer Corps, Wagner
Commander, Wagner Legion Istra battalion in Ukraine (described as “near front battalion”)
Commander, Sheikh Mansur Battalion
Deputy commander-in-chief, Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (October 2022-date)
Unit commander, Dzhokhar Dudayev International Peacekeeping Battalion
Commander, Dzhokhar Dudayev International Peacekeeping Battalion (2015-date)
Prime minister, self-proclaimed Government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Head, Laboratory of Analysis and Forecasting Macroeconomic Processes, Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Economic Forecasting
Head, the Assembly of Peoples of the Caucasus; head, the International Committee for North Caucasus Problems
Presidential plenipotentiary to the North Caucasus Federal District (January 2020-date)
Prime minister of the Russian Federation (January 2020-date)
Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration (August 2016-date)
Director, Brilliant Konsalting (December 2024-date)
Minority owner, Stars Coffee (November 2023-date)
Owner, minority stake, Stars Coffee (July 2024-date)
Co-owner, Ilich Steel and Iron Works (January 2023-date)
Minority owner, Stars Coffee (January 2024-date)
Head, Department of the Food and Processing Industry, Russian Ministry of Agriculture; member, board of directors, H&N
General Director, Stars Coffee (September 2022)
General director, Ilich Steel and Iron Works
Minority owner, Stars Coffee (February 2024-date)