Adam Kadyrov’s awarding held amid Russian emblem without crosses
Adam Kadyrov has received the jubilee medal "25 years of ‘Akhmat-Grozny’ OMON"; the awarding was held in front of the Russian coat of arms without crosses.
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has announced the awarding of his son with the above jubilee medal in his Telegram channel. "25 years of the OMON "Akhmat-Grozny". The highest award of the Chechen Republic – the Kadyrov Order – was awarded to Ramzan Dadaev, a deputy commander of the “Akhmat-Grozny OMON”. The commemorative jubilee medals "25 years of ‘Akhmat-Grozny’ OMON" were awarded to Adam Kadyrov and Nikolai Maksimovich. Also, a number of distinguished employees were awarded medals and chest badges, Mr Kadyrov reported on May 12.
As follows from the video attached to the message, the image of the Russian coat of arms, which is seen on the parade ground of the unit, has no crosses.
All the awards handed over on this day, including the Adam Kadyrov's one, were held amid this coat of arms.
Tumso Abdurakhmanov*, a blogger, who is in opposition to Chechen authorities, has drawn attention to the change in the Russia’s coat of arms.
"That is, you remove crosses from the state coat of arms, but you wear them on your chest with pride (the orders of courage are crosses). Where is the logic? And what kind of disrespect for the state symbol of Russia is this?" the blogger has commented.
As of today, Adam Kadyrov has already received 17 orders and medals (plus or minus), a reader of the "Caucasian Knot" has counted. "In general, each bothers of his own, and to some – awards are the main point. During my service in the army, we had one staff officer who had several medals, and all of them were exclusively anniversary ones," he has written.
Earlier, Adam Kadyrov received the title of Hero of Chechnya and highest state awards. This happened after Ramzan Kadyrov published a video in September 2023 in which Adam beats Nikita Zhuravel, who was arrested within the case of burning the Koran.
In March 2025, it became known that by the order of the Director of the “Rosgvardiya” (Russian National Guard), the 17-year-old Adam Kadyrov was awarded the “Rosgvardiya” medal "For Military Distinction". After this, Adam Kadyrov received the post of curator of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), and was then mentioned in the post of Secretary of the Chechen Security Council, although no official announcement of the appointment was released.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on May 13, 2025 at 03:35 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
*Included by the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) into the register of foreign agents.