By empty (12/29/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree awarding Chechen Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov the Hero of Russia award. The presidential press service reported on Wednesday that the medal has been awarded to Kadyrov \"for courage and heroism in the line of duty.\" (Interfax).The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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