“We need a strong police force - the Interior Ministry of the Republic ...” — Akhmad Kadyrov Quote

“We need a strong police force - the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Chechnya. We have to get rid of the traitors who have managed to penetrate into the law-enforcement department.”

“In 2001-2002, I told the president that the election was supposed to take place when the war was over, at a time when we could return to peaceful life. We agreed upon that. However, I can see now that the election cannot be delayed any longer.”

“The attempted assassinations against me were not accidental.”

“When I visited Chechnya, I was taken aback at first because people would regularly make jokes about kidnapping me.”

“I read all of the nonfiction that I could find on Chechnya, and all the while, I was searching for a novel that was set there. I couldn't find a single novel written in English that was set in the period of the two most recent Chechen wars.”

“The people have already determined Chechnya's status at the referendum - it is a unit of the Russian Federation. Its political status is not to be discussed any more.”