Boys born on late Chechen president’s birthday get cash
August 26th, 2011 - 2:35 am ICT by IANSGrozny, Aug 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The families of boys born on the 60th birthday of Chechnya’s late president Akhmat Kadyrov have received 50,000 rubles (around $1,700) each as a gift, a minister said.
Akhmat Kadryov was born Aug 23, 1951. He was killed in a bomb attack in Grozny in 2004.
Health Minister Shakhid Akhmadov said of the 71 boys born this Aug 23, over 40 were named Akhmat. Sixteen more were named Ramzan.
The Akhmat Kadyrov Charity allocated the funds for the gifts.
Kadyrov was the “chief mufti” of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the 1990s during and after the First Chechen War. At the outbreak of the Second Chechen War he switched sides, offering his service to the Russian government, and later became the president of the Chechen Republic from Oct 5, 2003.
He was assassinated by Islamists in Grozny May 9, 2004, during a World War II memorial victory parade. His son, Ramzan Kadyrov, who led his father’s militia, is now the president.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
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