(Reuters) - Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's teenage son, who was shown beating a prisoner in custody this year, has been named as an observer in a new.
The 16-year-old son of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has been given an official role in a new Russian battalion, Kadyrov's right-hand man Adam Delimkhanov announced on Nov. 28.
Sergei Khadzhikurbanov was convicted of killing journalist Anna Politkovskaya in 2006. The Kremlin has acknowledged the use of prisoner recruits to fight in Ukraine and said convicts who atone for their crime on the battlefield with blood could be pardoned.
Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have suggested that Russia is relying on infantry-led frontal assaults in its war against Ukraine due to the loss of heavy military machinery and a lack of properly trained personnel.