Legal wife of the head of the Chechen Republic Medni Musaeva
Official sources refer to Medni Musaeva as one of the legal spouses of Ramzan Kadyrov. They met in their youth, when Medni was only 17 years old and Ramzan was 19. They had 12 children. The couple is also raising two more adopted boys, the Daskaevs.
Ramzan and Medni Kadyrov legalized their relationship in 1995. In her interviews with journalists, the woman said that there were disagreements in their family. However, she is always ready to give in and support her husband.
Medney rarely appears in public. However, it is known that she is highly respected by the citizens of the Chechen Republic.
Medney has always loved to sew. Now her hobby has become her favorite job. Medni has her own clothing brand, Firdaws, and is also the founder of a Chechen fashion house.
In her free time, the wife of a politician writes her memoirs. Her desire is to give a book with her memories to her husband.
Second wife Fatima Khazueva
It is no longer a secret to anyone that Ramzan Kadyrov also has a second wife - the winner of the Chechen beauty contest Fatima Khazueva.
The press has repeatedly reported information about Ramzan Kadyrov’s other wives. He himself commented several times on his positive attitude towards the legalization of polygamy.
The first beauty contest was held in Chechnya in 2006. Ramzan Kadyrov personally called on parents to send their daughters to this competition, promising that everything would be fine. Although they say that these were so-called bridesmaids, at which many influential people looked out for their future wives.
Second place in this competition was taken by 15-year-old Fatima Khazueva, a native of the Chechen village of Makhkety. She received the title of first vice-miss of Chechnya 2006. Subsequently, Fatima Khazueva was sent to the Miss Caucasus 2006 competition, where she won first place among the contestants.
Fatima has unusually beautiful red hair. This color is often found among Chechens. Kadyrov himself also has a red beard and hair.
After the beauty contest, Fatima disappeared from view. But later information appeared that the girl married Ramzan Kadyrov.
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Tripartite Ramzan Kadyrov
The first two wives of the head of Chechnya own real estate in the republic and Moscow worth 800 million rubles.
Original of this material © proekt.media, 04/07/2021, Investigation into how Russia got its own sultanate, Photo: RIA Novosti, via proekt.media, Meduza, minfinchr.ru, Illustrations: via proekt.media
Maria Zholobova , with the participation of Roman Badanin
Ramzan Kadyrov (center) Chechnya, although its leadership swears allegiance to Moscow, has become a territory where in fact even the basic laws of a secular European state do not apply.
The head of this region, Ramzan Kadyrov , is essentially an open polygamist, spending huge amounts of money on the maintenance of his large family, significantly exceeding his official income.
And if you [husbands] are afraid that you will not be equally fair [to two wives, that is, in sufficient material support, identical housing, equal attention and treatment], then [you have the right to marry only] one. Koran, sura 4
In May 2015, the wedding of the head of the local police department, 47-year-old Nazhud Guchigov, and 17-year-old Luiza Goylabieva took place in Chechnya. The photographs of the groom and the unhappy bride from the registry office were reminiscent of the famous painting “Unequal Marriage.” Besides the shocking age difference, there was another unusual circumstance: the high-ranking Chechen policeman was already married at that time.
Novaya Gazeta learned about the upcoming wedding literally a few days before the event. According to the publication, the schoolgirl did not want to marry the security officer, her parents were also against it, and Guchigov responded by setting up checkpoints around the village so that the young bride would not run away.
They fought for the girl at the federal level - the then head of the Human Rights Council, Mikhail Fedotov, and the Commissioner for Human Rights, Ella Pamfilova , stood up, but the then Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Pavel Astakhov, precisely in connection with that story, uttered his famous phrase that in the Caucasus, women are “in 27 are already wrinkled” and in general, Louise did not ask for help, which means there is nothing to worry about. But they couldn’t defend it - Ramzan Kadyrov spoke on local TV and said that the consent of the girl’s family had been received. The minor bride was led to the registry office by Magomed Daudov, nicknamed Lord , Kadyrov’s closest assistant, former head of the administration of the head of Chechnya, and now the head of the republic’s parliament. Among the guests at the wedding was the first wife of Nazhuda Guchigova.
Polygamy in Chechnya is commonplace, say several local human rights activists interviewed by the Project. According to Sharia law, a man can “take” four wives. One condition: they must be equally maintained and given equal attention. As a rule, wives do not live together, which means that each needs a separate house, one no worse than the other. Therefore, only people with income can become polygamists.
“A woman without a man there considers herself inferior. They are ready to come out second and third,” journalist Svetlana Anokhina, founder of the Daptar portal, which studies the topic of polygamy in the Caucasus, shares her observations. But there can be no talk of any official marriage - second, third, fourth wives are not registered in the registry office, explains Anokhina.
“A girl can refuse, but, as a rule, parents try to arrange the lives of their children. It is believed that it would be better for her to become a second wife than to live in deprivation,” says Magomed Alamov from the Committee against Torture.
The leadership of Chechnya has repeatedly encouraged polygamy with words. “I am for a person to have several wives if he needs them and is able to support them, and to solve the demographic problem in Russia,” Kadyrov said in 2015. Another time, advocating polygamy, he explained this by the harsh Chechen traditions: “If a young girl or divorced woman is walking, then her brother kills both her and that man... It is better for a woman to be a second or third wife than to be killed.”
Even Kadyrov’s official wife Medni once said: if her husband wants to get married again, she won’t mind, these are Muslim laws. “Noble willingness to sacrifice,” admired journalists from the state television channel NTV.
What Kadyrov said about polygamy
“If there is love, then four wives are possible... Everyone thinks this is crazy: how can you have four wives? If you have the opportunity to build a house, create equal conditions for everyone, and not infringe on rights, then you have the right, according to Sharia, to marry four times.” 02/24/2011
“I’m very much in favor (of polygamy). Why? Because it's better than leaving your family and having mistresses. This is more correct for a man than to humiliate his wife by having a mistress, giving jewelry and all sorts of gifts to a prostitute, while his wife and children are in constant need. If Allah allows polygamy, if opportunity allows, you should be equal with them (wives) in all respects.” 04/09/2011
“Polygamy is permitted by our religion. This is not an obligation, but there is such an opportunity if your health and financial situation allows it. Polygamy is necessary so that a person does not have mistresses, from whom he gets a lot of problems both with health and with discord in the family, he has to live in a lie, constantly deceive his wife and children.” 06/18/2015
“Many people think it’s scary. And I say: name me at least one man who did not have several mistresses. There are no such. And they all lie to their wives. And I could never lie to my wife. Therefore, polygamy is very good, but having many mistresses is bad. If I oppose polygamy, I am not a Muslim. I am for a man to have several wives if he needs them and is able to support them, and to solve the demographic problem in Russia.” 04/24/2018
“Registration office - what is it? This is the first step of an indicator that there is no trust between this man and woman. Why do you need a registry office? So that when they get divorced, they steal the property, this, another, tenth, that she is a legal wife, that... These are purely insidious... the registry office was invented for insidious purposes.” 04/24/2018
Kadyrov, however, never publicly admitted whether he had other wives: at official events next to him was Medni, with whom he has 14 children (two of them adopted) - it turns out that his official wife gave birth to 12 sons and daughters for him 42 years old.
Only once did scant information about the unofficial marriage of the head of Chechnya leak to the press. Journalists named local singer and dancer Aminat Akhmadova as Kadyrov’s third wife. Due to its proximity to Kadyrov, the dance ensemble “Daimokhk”, led by Akhmadova’s father, even stopped inviting them to tour to Europe.
An excerpt from the plot of the “Week” program of TK Ren-TV (2013), in which Ramzan Kadyrov misspoke in his heart, saying that “his wives” will wear headscarves
If there was a “third”, then there must also be a “second wife”. As the Project's investigation showed, the Chechen leader supported polygamy not only in word, but also in deed. His “second wife” is provided with luxurious property, and the property of the first, official wife, is hidden behind a fictitious identity so as not to be included in the income declaration of civil servants. The wealth of Kadyrov’s wives suggests that the money for their maintenance does not come only from the personal pocket of the head of the republic.
Aminat Akhmadova It all started with a beauty contest.
Honorable second place
The first and last beauty contest in modern Chechnya was held in 2006. It was organized by the government of the Muslim republic itself. Applications for participation were collected in the Grozny library. The winner was promised a Toyota car and a trip to Europe for two. The organizers emphasized that this competition is held according to Islamic canons. Despite this, the selection was quite conventional: height - no lower than 170 cm, age - no older than 25, “classic appearance characteristics”.
Such an unusual event for an Islamic republic caused displeasure among many residents. Parents did not want to let their daughters participate, and the leadership of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Chechnya even asked to cancel the competition.
As a result, 250 brave girls were found, twenty of them made it to the main competition. The girls danced, sang, cooked, and assured the jury of their love for the republic, piety and selflessness.
The winner was 15-year-old Zamira Dzhabrailova, second and third places were taken by her peers Fatima and Dzhanora Khazueva.
Fatima Khazueva After the competition, the participants went to a banquet in the company of the head of the republic and his security. One of the girls, who did not make it to the finals, began to cry, and at the behest of Kadyrov, she was immediately presented with a gold Chopard watch with diamonds, the Kommersant newspaper wrote. At dinner, the girls went out to dance lezginka with the guards, and then money flew into the air: first ruble, and then dollar bills. The famous shots of Kadyrov and the swirl of banknotes were filmed there.
Ramzan Kadyrov's guards dancing with the finalists of the beauty contest. A Kommersant journalist who was present there counted no less than 30 thousand dollars on the floor.
Ramzan Kadyrov (center) and Dmitry Kharatyan (far right) The fates of all three prize-winners of the competition turned out well. Dzhabrailova took part in two more beauty contests, received a high position in the government and the title of “leading model” of Medni Kadyrova’s fashion house Firdaws. Dzhanora Khazueva, who took third place, played in a movie - in the Chechen film “Alienation” about two brothers separated by war.
Fatima Khazueva (center) And Fatima Khazueva, who came second in the competition, secured her place by becoming the second wife of the leader of Chechnya.
Queen of Chisinau
In principle, to understand the special status of Fatima Khazueva in Chechnya, it is not necessary to conduct an investigation. Many residents of Grozny know about her closeness to Kadyrov, and it’s clear why - the evidence of this relationship is so striking that it seems as if the Chechen leader is not shy about anything.
After the second Chechen war, Grozny lay in ruins. The city began to be restored under Ramzan’s father Akhmat Kadyrov. In 2005, the central Pobeda Avenue was restored, which was later named after Vladimir Putin. Money for the restoration of Chechnya and the creation of social infrastructure - no less than half a trillion rubles to date - comes from the federal budget, but it is customary to thank Ramzan Kadyrov for changing the appearance of Grozny. Even the city day is celebrated here on the birthday of the head of Chechnya.
Ramzan Kadyrov's residence in Grozny
Kadyrov's luxurious residences , personal and work, are located in the very center of the capital.
For the sake of comfort and safety of the head of the republic, they specially changed the course of the Sunzha River - now the working residence of the Chechen leader is located as if on an island, surrounded by a water ditch. Almost simultaneously with Kadyrov’s residence, construction of another palace began on the opposite bank of the Sunzha. You probably won’t find another such luxurious mansion in Grozny. The plot has an area of more than 9 thousand square meters. meters, the size of two football fields, there is even an outdoor swimming pool on the territory - the only one in the city.
The area where this palace stands is popularly called “Kishinev” - most of the streets there are named after members of the family of Sheikh Kunta Hadji Kishiev, a Sufi sheikh revered by Kadyrov.
View of “Chisinau” All important people live in “Chisinau” - here, for example, are the luxurious houses of the families of Magomed Daudov and the alleged sister of State Duma deputy
Adam Delimkhanov .
This is a restricted area. It is impossible for an ordinary person to enter the territory of “Chisinau”, much less film it. In 2021, Dozhd journalist Vasily Polonsky, who tried to film “Kishinev,” was caught up by people in civilian clothes and forced to stop filming, the journalist himself recalled in a conversation with “Project.” The Grozny resident who filmed all this splendor on his video recorder was recently sentenced to four years in prison. Islam Nukhanov was detained, according to Novaya Gazeta, in his own home on November 1, 2021 - the day after the video was published on the Internet. According to the criminal case, Nukhanov himself came to the police department when called, where he “raised suspicions,” after which his car was searched and a pistol with ammunition was found there. As a result, Nukhanov was convicted of illegal possession of weapons and use of violence against police officers. Last year, on the territory of “Kishinev”, on the day of remembrance of Sheikh Kishiev, its own juma mosque (Friday, cathedral mosque) appeared. The mosque was named after Grozny resident Shaikhi Khazuev, who died in 2021. Khazuev was not a famous theologian and had nothing to do with religion at all; he was an ordinary official - in recent years he served as deputy head of the Caucasus department of Rostechnadzor. But he had another advantage - the deceased was the father of Fatima Khazueva, a finalist in that only Chechen beauty contest. She owns the main house of “Kishinev” - the same palace with an outdoor swimming pool exactly opposite Kadyrov’s residence, as follows from an extract from Rosreestr, which is at the disposal of “Project”.
The cost of Khazueva’s palace is difficult to estimate - as they say, there are no similar offers on the market. But if you look at the aerial photographs, it becomes clear that in terms of luxury and area, Khazueva’s palace can compete with the best houses in Rublyovka.
The Project discovered the luxurious real estate of the Khazuevs not only in Grozny, but also in Moscow. At the age of 19, four years after the beauty contest, Fatima became the owner of a 130-meter apartment in an elite residential complex on Shabolovka - now an apartment of this area costs 50 million rubles. In 2013, she received ownership of non-residential premises with an area of almost 600 square meters. meters - such an object can now cost about another 100 million rubles. Then a certain Ramzan Ozdoev became the owner of the non-residential premises. At the age of 20, Khazueva became the owner of a 290-meter apartment in a residential complex on Minskaya Street, near the Setun River Valley nature reserve. This house is located exactly opposite the residential complex in which Ramzan Kadyrov’s official wife Medni owns an apartment Now the same apartment as Khazueva’s is being sold there for 120 million rubles. In 2021, a 200-meter apartment in Khamovniki became available to Khazueva. An apartment of a slightly smaller area now costs almost 200 million rubles.
It is unlikely that Khazueva could earn all this on her own - for the last few years she has been listed as an employee of the administration of the head of Chechnya with a salary of less than 100 thousand rubles. per month. The Project also did not find any major businessmen among Fatima’s closest blood relatives. Khazueva’s father was an official, her brother also works in government agencies. By the way, Kadyrov’s “first wife” Medni is also employed in her husband’s administration and also receives a salary there.
"The Chief's Wife"
In principle, the fact that Khazuyeva is not a stranger to the large Kadyrov family is confirmed quite easily. The fact is that Fatima and Ramzan’s legal wife Medni actually jointly own real estate in Moscow. On Mosfilmovskaya Street in the capital, not far from the headquarters of the country's main film company, there is an expensive skyscraper - an apartment with an area of 210 square meters. meters there is written in Medni. This is the only real estate that Kadyrova owns, according to the declaration. However, the parking spaces in the basement of the skyscraper are registered to Khazueva. This parking lot will still play a crucial role in our story (see chapter Virtual Wife).
Khazueva’s fellow countrymen are in no hurry to open up about her family. “One of the most respected and revered women in all of Chechnya”, “married, children, a wonderful family”, “elite” - these are the words that residents of the village of Makhkety, where the girl grew up, spoke about Fatima in a conversation with the Project. Nevertheless, several people reported: Fatima is married to Kadyrov. “[She is] the head’s wife,” one of her fellow villagers reacted, only after hearing that we wanted to talk about Khazueva.
Finally, the marriage between Kadyrov and Khazuyeva is confirmed by Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a Chechen blogger and opponent of Kadyrov, who had to flee Russia several years ago. Kadyrov’s closest aide, Magomed Daudov, declared a blood feud against Abdurakhmanov, and on Daudov’s birthday in February 2021, the blogger survived an assassination attempt - he was attacked by a man with a hammer.
Aslambek Khazuev Abdurakhmanov, as he says, was friends with Khazueva’s brother, and therefore knows about her marriage to the Chechen leader. Fatima's brother Aslambek Khazuev, as Abdurakhmanov says, soon after the start of the relationship between his sister and Ramzan began to get rich - at one point he moved from a Lada-Ten to a Porsche Cayenne, and now he holds the post of Deputy Minister of Finance of the republic. However, a real sultan would not limit himself to just an expensive car.
Family budget
Chechnya is one of the poorest regions of Russia. Kadyrov also always had a relatively modest official salary . Usually 4-7 million rubles. in year. And only in 2021 he declared an inexplicably high income of 150 million rubles. However, the luxury in which the head of Chechnya lives suggests that the official salary may not be the only source of his wealth. For example, one of the Project’s previous investigations talked about an inconspicuous Moscow lawyer, Pavel Krotov, who is registered with a multimillion-dollar business allegedly associated with Kadyrov and his entourage.
But the Chechen leadership also has another source of funding - the public fund named after Akhmat Kadyrov (hereinafter referred to as the Kadyrov fund). It was created back in 2004 - a month after the death of Kadyrov Sr. Aimani Kadyrova became the president of the fund , and 28-year-old Ramzan became the chairman and de facto leader.
The fund was created, as it is declared, “in order to provide charitable assistance to citizens in need and create jobs for the population of the republic.” In 2021, Kadyrov's foundation collected more donations than any other charitable foundation in Russia - 6 billion rubles. This is 1.5 times more than the second largest fund in terms of income, the large Jewish charitable organization Joint, and three times more than the Podari Zhizn fund, which helps children with cancer.
Often, Kadyrov's foundation acts as a purse for grand gestures by the Chechen leadership. These were either payment for a Mercedes, which Kadyrov gave to a five-year-old boy for four thousand push-ups, or a two-story apartment, donated by Kadyrov to the French actor Gerard Depardieu . Even according to documents, the foundation spends significantly less on charity than on its maintenance.
For example, in 2021, the fund spent 2.8 billion rubles on social and charitable assistance, and more than 4 billion on “maintenance of the management apparatus,” as follows from the fund’s reporting submitted to the Federal Tax Service, which was studied by the Project. At the same time, no more than 8 million rubles were spent on paying the employees of the fund itself; it is impossible to understand from the documents what the remaining 4 billion were spent on.
Kadyrov insists: the fund receives nothing from either the federal or regional budgets. But, as the media wrote earlier , it is replenished through forced fees from residents of the republic - 10% of the salaries of public sector employees or contributions from businessmen. Kadyrov denied the existence of extortions, claiming that the fund “is engaged in business, builds facilities, and earns money.” But according to the reports submitted by the fund to the Federal Tax Service, the 6 billion rubles it received the year before last were precisely “voluntary financial contributions and donations”; it received only about 300 million rubles from business activities. The Kadyrov Foundation is listed as the founder of several successful businesses; they report their revenue separately. Perhaps it is sent as donations to the fund.
The Kadyrov Foundation owns many companies whose activities are in no way connected with charity - this includes a construction business, the production of mineral water, and a cold storage plant where they produce ice cream under the brand “Ramkada” (apparently, an abbreviation for “Ramzan Kadyrov”). According to the law, the fund’s participation in business would be possible only if these companies serve the goals for which the NPO was created, the law on NPOs states, notes S&K Vertical lawyer Tatyana Mikoni.
Assets of the Kadyrov Foundation
Megastroyinvest The revenue of this company is generated through government contracts. She builds schools, kindergartens, sports facilities, roads, residential buildings in the republic, built the Grozny Drama Theater and sewerage system. In 2021, this company entered into government contracts worth 5.5 billion rubles, in 2021 - 4.4 billion, and already 3.4 billion this year.
“Chechen Mineral Waters” The production and sale of mineral water and juices in 2021 brought the company 700 million rubles. According to the law, the business conducted by an NPO must be related to its statutory goals, notes lawyer Tatyana Mikoni, × - in the case of a soda plant, this looks dubious. However, the Ministry of Justice checked the activities of the fund a couple of years ago and did not find any violations there.
"Grozny-Avia" This airline appeared in Chechnya in 2007 by order of Kadyrov. The creation of the company was carried out by the Kadyrov Foundation. However, in 2011, Ramzan Kadyrov’s mother Aimani became a co-owner of the company. It began to own 49% of the air carrier, and the Chechen Ministry of Transport - 51%. And in 2013, the Ministry of Transport became the owner of Aimani Kadyrova’s share. The company's revenue then amounted to about a billion rubles.
Leader-Auto Until 2014, Kadyrov’s foundation was also the founder of the Leader-Auto car dealer with annual revenues of several hundred million rubles. In 2014, its owners became Bai-Ali Edilgireev and. Edilgireev is the father of the commander of a separate battalion of the Grozny patrol service of the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs, Usman Edilgireev.
In addition to ordinary Chechens who pay contributions, businessmen friendly to the republic also contribute to the fund - Umar Dzhabrailov and Ruslan Baysarov , about whom Kadyrov himself spoke, as well as some “friends abroad whose souls hurt for their Motherland.” But Russian businessmen also chipped in, resorting to the “power roof” of the Chechen leadership. For example, the “Orthodox entrepreneur”, owner of the Russian Copper Company Igor Altushkin donated 7 million rubles monthly to Kadyrov’s foundation, a source close to him knows, Altushkin’s representatives did not answer the Project’s questions.
The Kadyrov Foundation did not answer the Project’s questions.
How the Kadyrov Foundation helps Kadyrov In 2007, the Kadyrov Foundation paid for the construction of a hippodrome in Gudermes - it cost about 300 million rubles. Now Kadyrov's personal horses . Over time, the trainer of Kadyrov’s personal herd became the owner of all the property of the hippodrome, Open Media found out . In 2021, the Kadyrov Foundation held a charity event - donated dresses to one hundred residents of the republic. Coincidentally, the dresses were purchased from the Firdaws fashion house, which is now owned by Ramzan Kadyrov’s daughter, and the cost of one dress there can reach several tens of thousands of rubles. At the expense of the fund, mosques named after various members of the Kadyrov family are being built throughout the republic. In 2008, the Heart of Chechnya mosque, built at the expense of the foundation, named after Akhmat Kadyrov , Ramzan’s father, opened in Grozny. In 2014, a mosque named after Aimani Kadyrova, his mother, opened in Argun. Finally, construction of a mosque named after Ramzan himself is currently underway in Grozny. As the republican TV channel “Grozny” reported, “Kadyrov was categorically against this idea, but the public, the clergy and the head’s associates agreed that on the territory of Grozny there should be a shrine bearing the name of a Muslim who devoted his whole life to serving the people, as well as to the construction of a huge number of mosques. Ramzan Kadyrov’s boundless love for his religion brings beneficial fruits not only on the territory of the Chechen Republic and the country as a whole, but also far beyond its borders.” At the expense of the Kadyrov Foundation, cars are regularly purchased for Chechen athletes: for example, Chechen weightlifters disqualified from the Rio Olympics due to doping, fighter Alexander Emelianenko for his first victory as part of the Akhmat fight club, or MMA fighter Khamzat received a Mercedes as a gift. Chimaev - for simply flying to Chechnya for a holiday from Sweden, where he lives and trains.
In the case of Khazueva, the fund acted as a “strategic investor” - in fact, the family of Kadyrov’s “second wife” received a business with the fund’s money.
Hospital for wife
In 2021, a rehabilitation center for patients with musculoskeletal disorders was opened on the outskirts of Fatima’s native village of Makhkety. The hospital again received the name of that same Kunta-Khadzhi Kishiev. The center was built at the expense of the Kadyrov Foundation. However, at the beginning of 2021, the center had a new owner - the company now belongs entirely to Satsita Khazueva, Fatima’s mother.
Ramzan Kadyrov (right) at the opening ceremony of the center The business is in a sense a win-win, since the money for treating patients will come from the state compulsory health insurance fund. At the same time, accommodation in the center, unlike treatment, will be paid - from 10 to 80 thousand rubles. for the “VIP ward” - the price is given for the rehabilitation course.
The husband’s generosity costs the Kadyrov Foundation a lot of money. At the expense of the fund, a school was built in her native village - it was named after Shaikha Khazuev, like the mosque in Grozny.
Virtual wife
Ramzan Kadyrov never seemed to mind that his ostentatiously luxurious lifestyle did not at all correspond to his official income. However, during the course of this investigation, it became clear that the leader of Chechnya sometimes still prefers to hide his excessive wealth. An incredible secret was revealed in the same parking lot of a skyscraper on Mosfilmovskaya Street in Moscow.
By the standards of other real estate of the Kadyrov family, parking spaces there are inexpensive - approximately 2.5 million rubles. each. Fatima Khazueva received these places in 2021 under a purchase and sale agreement from a certain Medni Musaeva, who owned them since 2010.
Medni Musaeva - probably a Chechen, judging by her name - has never appeared in connection with the family of the Chechen leader, but something about this person made us wary: Musaeva’s name, patronymic and even date of birth coincide with the data of Kadyrov’s “first wife” Medni . “Medni Musaevna Musaeva” was born on September 30, 1978 - this is also the real date of birth of Medni Musaevna Kadyrova, although her husband publicly congratulates her on September 7. If we continue our research, it turns out that it was in the name of Medni Musaeva that the Kadyrovs’ family apartment on Veernaya Street, in the house of the presidential manager, was registered in the 2000s - it was jointly owned by the former head of the republic Akhmat Kadyrov, his widow Aimani, Ramzan himself, his daughters - and the same Medni Musaeva. Now the apartment belongs to Aimani Kadyrova alone. Who is this mysterious woman?
Medni Kadyrova (Musaeva) (far left) and Ramzan Kadyrov As the Project has established, Musaeva and Kadyrova are one person who has a set of documents in both names. The “project” was convinced that Musaev’s surname was not Kadyrova’s maiden name; before her marriage, her name was Medni Aidamirova. Kadyrov did not announce a divorce; he continues to report on Medni Kadyrova’s property in his declaration. Thus, it turns out that the wife of the head of Chechnya has two officially existing personalities - Kadyrova, who, according to the declaration, owns only one apartment on Mosfilmovskaya, and Musaev, whose list of possessions is much wider, and all this property was not reflected in the declaration.
So, another apartment on Mosfilmovskaya is registered under “Medni Musaeva” - next to the declared apartment of Medni Kadyrova. The area of the undeclared apartment is 225 square meters. meters, an apartment of the same size is now on sale there for 115 million rubles.
In 2010, “Medni Musaeva”, together with other members of the Kadyrov family, became the owner of a spacious, 187-meter apartment near the Mayakovskaya metro station. Now this apartment belongs to the mother of the head of Chechnya, Aimani Kadyrova. This living space was never included in the declaration of Kadyrov’s family, although it should have been - as the property of Kadyrov’s minor children.
The same apartment there is now on sale for 85 million rubles. As a result, the total value of real estate registered in the name of all Kadyrov’s wives is almost 800 million rubles.
And this does not take into account the most expensive palace in the history of Chechnya - it is impossible to evaluate it.
According to Russian law, if the surname were changed, the passport with Kadyrova's surname would have to be replaced. There are no exceptions for citizens, for example, who are subject to international sanctions, says Anatoly Kapustin, president of the Russian Association of International Law. Thus, having two identities, Medni Kadyrova, included in the US sanctions list, for example, can afford to travel abroad without attracting attention.
Russian laws do not provide for a person to have two personalities, but as in the case of other discoveries of this investigation, this is not surprising for today’s Chechnya. They have their own laws.
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In recent years, Medni Musaeva has often parted with its expensive and undeclared real estate. So in 2021, she gave up her luxurious 200-meter apartment in Khamovniki to the new owner, its approximate cost is about 200 million rubles. True, as is now clear, this property did not go beyond the large Kadyrov family. What was recorded for the “first wife” is now registered for the “second” - Fatima Khazueva, the silver finalist of the only beauty contest in the most Muslim region of Russia.
