He was also the founder of the Islamist organisations Islamic brigade [ru] and Urus-Martan Jamaat, which sought to establish Sharia law throughout Chechnya.

[1][2] In the Georgian-Abkhazian war of 1992-1993 Akhmadov fought against Georgia as a volunteer under the command of Shamil Basayev.

It is reported that after Ramzan organised an attack on a Russian army checkpoint and completely destroyed it, President Dzhokhar Dudayev invited him and presented him with his pistol and awards.

[6] At the beginning of the Second Chechen war, Ramzan Akhmadov was appointed by Aslan Maskhadov as commander of the South-Western Front and was awarded the rank of brigadier general.

[6][7] He participated in major battles in Argun and Shatoy before being killed by Russian special forces in February 2001.