The meeting took place just before Akhmat Kadyrov’s birthday, which will be celebrated on August 23.
Mr Putin noted that the situation in Chechnya is showing positive development and that this is partly thanks to the work of Ramzan Kadyrov, who holds the post of first deputy prime minister in the Republic of Chechnya’s government.
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Meeting with Aimani Kadyrova and Ramzan Kadyrov
August 21, 2005