Chechnya

Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has been presented with the shoulder insignia of an army general and a maroon beret by Viktor Zolotov, the head of Russia's National Guard (Rosgvardiya). The ceremony, reported by Russian media, formalises the senior rank granted to Kadyrov, one of the Kremlin's most prominent regional leaders and a vocal supporter of the war in Ukraine.