Yakoub Zakriev, 32, is the nephew of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. He has been appointed to the general management of Danone's Russian subsidiary. A few days earlier, the French food multinational had assets seized in Russia. Before joining Danone, Yakoub ZakRIev was previously Minister of Chechens Agriculture.. Carlsberg's Danish management denounced "a change at the head of Baltika (.) carried out without the knowledge or approval of the group"