Russia is still fighting a bloody battle with Ukraine on the front line, and Chechnya in the rear is beginning to cry poor.
Kadyrov's close confidant and current Chechen Prime Minister Khuchiyev said that there is a deficit in Chechnya's economic budget, mainly because the 'special military operation' has destroyed our economic base. And due to the population growth of the region, the deficit situation is also increasing, if calculated according to the original budget, the subsidies given are completely insufficient, and Chechnya will have to pay 3.5 billion rubles out of his own pocket to cover the deficit".
Last year, with a wave of his hand, 20,000 Chechen troops set out to participate in the war against Ukraine, and more than 9,000 took part in the front-line battles. Now, Chechen Prime Minister Khuchiyev says that the Chechen region is so tight on funds that even paying salaries to civil servants has become a problem. But the problem is that the Chechens are armed with Russian equipment, and the special military operation is not fought in ChechnyaIt should have destroyed the Ukrainian economy, how did it destroy the economy of Chechnya?
The landform of Chechnya is mainly mountainous, the terrain is rugged, the transportation is inconvenient, and the economy has always been poor, which also leads to the fierce customs of the people. The current economic structure is also very simple, with agriculture as the main pillar, and some secondary industries aided by Russia, mainly oil and gas processing, but the sales are not good and cannot be sold at a high price.
After two wars in Chechnya, Russia gave Chechnya more than $5 billion in financial subsidies every year with a stroke of a large pen. Now the Russia-Ukraine conflict costs a lot of money, although the Russian economy is expected to grow by 3% this year, far exceeding the eurozone by 03%, which has come out of the most difficult period, but the economy is still very tight due to factors such as increased military spending and military expansion.
At the end of November this year, Russia's finance ministry demanded that the leaders of eight regions, including Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Tuva and eastern Ukraine, should be directly responsible for the budget deficit.
According to Chechen Prime Minister Khuchiev, Moscow's subsidies to Chechnya have shrunk by 24% this year, and Chechnya's economy will be self-financed, and I am afraid that there will be problems.
Eighty percent of Chechnya's fiscal spending comes from Moscow, subsidies of tens of billions of rubles per year, and in the early years an additional tens of billions of dollars per year for reconstruction. Chechnya has a population of just over 1.5 million, and it should be very rich to take so much money every year.
Now the average income in Chechnya is 2000 dollars, the problem is that the federal ** 5 billion dollars a year in subsidies, even if Chechnya does nothing, the average person has 3333 dollars, now it is only 2000 dollars, and the average income in Russia is 1The difference of 50,000 US dollars is even greater, it stands to reason that Chechnya uses subsidies to do some business casually, and the income is more than so low, so where does the subsidy money go?
Chechnya is annually known for its anti-terrorist effortsNominally, he raised more than 30,000 military and police officers with a huge state subsidy, and after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Kadyrov said that he wanted to expand the army to 70,000 to support Russia's special military operation. The problem is that these armed forces are all under the control of Kadyrov himself, and they have nothing to do with the Russian Federation for a dime.
In addition, in 2021, Kadyrov asked Russia for 100 billion rubles to build a large number of buildings in Groniz, the capital of Chechnya, to develop infrastructure in Chechnya and build a special economic zone. So far, 7 billion has been used, and it was revealed by reporters that there is only a half-finished building and a ** with little content.
Russia** reported that the Kadyrov family and the high-level life of Chechnya were extremely extravagant, and it cost 17 to decorate a LV suit at homeFor $50,000, Kadyrov himself owns mansions and private jets in several places around the world, and has also hosted many wealthy Russians who fled to Dubai due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
In September this year, it was reported that when Kadyrov was hospitalized in Moscow, more than a dozen super luxury cars, including Mai**, Porsche Cayenne, and BMW SUVs, appeared at the entrance of the hospital.
Imagine, now that Russia wants to cut Chechen financial subsidies, will the whole of Chechnya still be so intimately called Putin?
Don't look at little Kadyrov on the Internet, portraying himself as Putin's brainless fan all day long, showing loyalty every day, in fact, he is psychologically clear: he can live so well, not because Putin needs them to go to Ukraine to fight, but because he has the ability to create contradictions, and if he wants to maintain his current life, he must maintain the ability to create problems.
It has been circulating on the Chinese Internet that "where the Chechen army passes, there is no grass, even the dogs on the side of the road will be slapped twice." Tens of thousands of Chechen troops have entered the front-line battlefield of the battle against Ukraine, and they have not fought any wonderful battles for a long time, why?
Chechnya is just this little people, is Kadyrov Jr. willing to fight with all his might?On the contrary, Chechens seem to be focusing more on Douyin, acting like an Internet celebrity army. Even if little Kadyrov has no objection now, he knows very well that if he is too weak, he will definitely be picked up by Moscow.
Therefore, mouth cannons can be fired, hard battles can be hidden, and it is impossible to be cannon fodder in street battles. Moreover, if Ukraine is really that vulnerable, the Chechen troops will definitely be willing to be the first to take Kyiv for Putin. Therefore, the real purpose of the Chechen prime minister is to knock on Moscow with a greeting from little Kadyrov.