Ramzan Kadyrov appears in the monthly Icons magazine in clothes designed by Giorgio Armani, Polo Ralf Lauren, Alexander McQueen, and Baldessarini, as well as in sunglasses and shoes by Louis Vuitton.
"It's very relaxed with Ramzan," said the chief editor of the magazine, Svetlana Bondarchuk. "It's amazing that a person who holds such an important post can chat so freely. All the photo shoot session staff were charmed by him."
The photo shoot took place this summer. A Chechen presidential spokesman was unable to say if Kadyrov would participate in any more photo sessions.
Kadyrov and his personal security service have been accused by human rights groups of involvement in kidnappings, torture and extortion. His critics have also accused him of propagating a "cult of personality" in the republic, which he has shepherded to relative calm following the conflicts of the 1990s and early 2000s.
