Russia’s Kadyrov re-elected leader of Chechnya with almost 100 percent of the vote

GROZNY: Ramzan Kadyrov, a ‌close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been re-elected to a fifth term as leader ​of his southern, mainly Muslim region of Chechnya with almost 100 percent of the vote, Russia’s electoral commission said on Monday. Russia concluded elections on Sunday to its national parliament, as well as for regional legislatures and governors, a test of the ‌country’s tightly ‌controlled political system after 4-1/2 ​years ‌of ⁠war ​in Ukraine. ⁠Kremlin-backed parties