The Igor Kurchatov gold medal for distinguished services in the development of nuclear physics and nuclear energy was awarded to the… president of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov!

The medal awarded to Kadyrov is one of the most important of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The medal was awarded to Kadyrov by the president of the National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” Mikhail Kovalchuk, during his visit to the Chechen capital Grozny. Kovalchuk he did not specify which ones they were specifically Kadyrov’s contribution to the development of nuclear physics and nuclear power. But he referred to the great successes of the region in the development of science and education.

“It is a great honor for me to have such a high recognition from such a renowned institute” Kadyrov wrote in a Facebook post.

Kadyrov, who has been honored with more than 30 distinctions, in February 2023 he was the first in Chechnya to be awarded the title of Hero of the Chechen Republic. He had established this title himself in October of last year. The awarding decrees are signed by the president of Chechnya himself and therefore it is inferred that he awarded himself.