The treacherous Ramzan Kadyrov is about as big a snake as you can ask for. He fought against the Russians in the First Chechen War and sided with Russia in the Second Chechen war and became president of Chechnya after his father, who was president before him, was assassinated in 2004, most likely by Russia.. "A Russian daily, Gazeta, reported that according to a poll conducted by the independent Levada Center, only 33 percent of Russians believe that Kadyrov can be trusted, while 35 percent believed that he cannot. Asked whether they thought Kadyrov could normalise the situation in Chechnya and end the bloodshed there, 31 percent said yes and 38 percent said no."