The head of the Republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, was awarded the military rank of army general. The epaulettes of the new rank and the dark red beret were handed over to him in Grozny by the director of Rosguardia Viktor Zolotov, reports TASS. According to Zolotov, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed him to announce the awarding of another high military rank to Kadyrov. Before that he had the rank of colonel general. In addition, Zolotov informed about the decision to give Kadyrov a dark red beret, which is a symbol of the servicemen of the special purpose units of the Russian Guard. "As a sign of appreciation for the services of the special purpose unit and, in general, in the development of the National Guard troops, a decision was made to hand over this most important councilor of the law enforcement troops to Army General Kadyrov. ", said the head of Rosguardia. Zolotov emphasized that the tradition of giving a dark red beret is related to the special purpose units of the department. The decision to reward Kadyrov was made days after the anniversary of the establishment of the departmental special forces.