But younger brother Kadyrov and his Akhmat (battalion) will replace it in Bakhmut."

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1767063/Chechen-leader-savages-Wagner-cannon-fodder

Chechnya’s regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov arrives to attend a ceremony to sign the treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join Russia, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.

Source: https://triblive.com/news/world/rifts-in-russian-military-command-seen-amid-ukraine-fighting/

"For Putin and Kadyrov, it would be a great triumph to wipe us out," Maga says with a grin.

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/business-finance/france-denial-economic-reality

Given the signs of the local population’s persistent subversive disagreement with the Kadyrovs, Ramzan Kadyrov will most likely have of political survival in the absence of Putin’s financial and military support.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/11/russia-chechnya-democracy-ukraine-putin-kadyrov/

'It is precisely for such small-minded people that we, together with our dear brother, the Head of the Chechen Republic, Hero of Russia Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov have recorded a video clip.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12259023/Putins-Chechen-warlord-Ramzan-Kadyrov-says-live-short-life-bizarre-selfie-video.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Kadyrov said "extreme measures" would have been needed to stop any Wagner rebellion requiring "harsh suppression and destruction of anyone who encroaches on the integrity of the Russian Federation."

Source: https://www.9news.com.au/world/wagner-leader-calls-for-rebellion-against-russian-defence-chief-kremlin-orders-his-arrest/b8400f77-3afc-4b43-9336-890051477041

Kadyrov said such groups were “both needed and necessary.”

Source: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/chechnyas-kadyrov-one-day-i-plan-my-own-mercenary-group-2

Kadyrov, who has ruled Russia's Muslim-majority republic Chechnya for the last decade-and-a-half, said his men were "ready to move" toward Bakhmut.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/wagner-says-russia-promises-enough-ammunition-to-stay-in-bakhmut/article66824291.ece

Mr Kutaev, who was imprisoned for four years in 2014 and tortured during his incarceration, said that Putin's fall from power would inevitably weaken Kadyrov and allow rebels to retake power in Chechnya.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1779610/putin-ukraine-russian-civil-war-chechnya

Ramzan Kadyrov, the strongman leader of the Russian province of Chechnya who sent forces from the region to fight in Ukraine, urged the Kremlin to declare martial law nationwide and use all its resources in Ukraine “to sweep away that terrorist gang.”

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/05/31/moscow-drone-attack-exposes-russias-vulnerabilities-fuels-criticism-of-military/

There have been recent suggestions that Kadyrov is too extreme even for Putin.

Source: https://www.libdemvoice.org/tom-arms-world-review-50-73449.html