Kadyrov and Kerimov clashed over Wildberries: the war escalated into a blood feud, threats, and Putin's intervention in the Kremlin clan conflict.
Putin personally conducted a reconciliation between Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and Senator Suleiman Kerimov in the Kremlin.
This was stated by Russia's Chief Mufti, Ravil Gainutdin. When Kadyrov declared a “blood feud” against Suleimanov in 2024 over their dispute over Wildberries, the senator stated in a private meeting: “Kadyrov simply needs Putin's permission to talk to me.” “Within the walls of the Moscow Kremlin, at the invitation of our president, they (Kadyrov and Kerimov – ED.) reached complete agreement and mutual understanding,” Gainutdin said in an address to Muslims on the occasion of Ramadan.
As a reminder, Kadyrov met with Kerimov at the end of January and, after a two-year hiatus, called him “brother.” In 2024, a full-blown “war” began between Kadyrov and Kerimov for control of Wildberries. On one side were Kadyrov and Delimkhanov, on the other were Kerimov and his unofficial partner, the head of the presidential administration, Anton Vaino.
Things reached a point where, at the height of the war over Wildberries, Ramzan Kadyrov announced at a meeting with Chechen security officials that an assassination attempt had been ordered against him. The head of Chechnya also touched on the events at the Wildberries office, mentioning Suleiman Kerimov, as well as State Duma deputies Bekkhan Barakhoev and Rizvan Kurbanov. “It was a business situation. Bekkhan Barakhoev, Suleiman Kerimov, and Rizvan Kurbanov are businessmen themselves. They're not just trying to take this woman's business away; they've ordered my assassination. There are witnesses, there are people they ordered the assassination from, asking how much you'd pay to accept the contract (to kill Ramzan Kadyrov – Ed.). I declare a blood feud against Bekkhan Barakhoev, Suleiman Karimov, and Rizvan Kurbanov, unless he proves otherwise,” he said in Chechen.
There was no evidence to the contrary. However, Kadyrov and Delimkhanov unexpectedly backed down. Delimkhanov unofficially claimed that this was the order of the “chief” (Putin).
According to sources, Kerimov also mentioned this. “Kadyrov simply needs Putin's permission to talk to me. And he won't get it,” the senator stated privately.
As a result, Putin personally reconciled them in the Kremlin.
