[1] Akhmedov was born on 1974 in Grozny, in the Checheno-Ingush ASSR, though with origins from Palisma [ru; uk], Dagestan.
[5][6][7] Following the campaign, complaints surfaced from surviving marines that poor military leadership was a cause of the enormous losses.
[8] Following these rumors, Russian high command discounted the allegations of leadership inadequacies and failures from November, and by December, Novaya Gazeta reported that they had information that Akmedov would be promoted.
[1] Russian sources reported that a division of the 20th had suffered about 200 casualties (100 killed, 100 wounded) in June 2023 from Ukrainian artillery while they were assembled together near Kreminna for two hours waiting for Akhmedov to deliver a motivational speech.
[9][10] He was heavily criticized for this by Russian military bloggers, including a call for responsible commanders to be shot in front of their formations for such failures.