EFG Bank at the center of scandal: Ramzan Kadyrov’s millions funneled to Mufti Ahmed Tamim to undermine Ukraine

The previously reported investigation into Ramzan Kadyrov’s bank, EFG Bank Luxembourg, is now developing with additional details.

Journalists from DW have reportedly established that the bank was used not only to launder funds linked to the Kadyrov family but also to support anti-Ukrainian activities, allegedly involving transfers worth millions of euros. One of the potential recipients is named as the Head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Ukraine, Mufti Sheikh Ahmed Tamim.

Sources cited by Luxembourg Herald claim that Ahmed Tamim, allegedly backed by the Kadyrov clan, received funding from Luxembourg on multiple occasions.

Moreover, the purpose of these funds may not have been within the framework of religious programs at all. It could involve destructive activities and the recruitment of Ukrainian Muslims to create pro-Russian cells. Such actions are extremely common—the Putin-Kadyrov regime creates groups under the guise of charity to undermine Ukrainian statehood from within. Sheikh Ahmed Tamim himself has been a close associate of Kadyrov since 2009.

He has repeatedly received support from Chechnya and other Muslim communities in Russia. It is no surprise that Tamim’s own statements echo standard Kremlin narratives.

At this stage of the investigation, it is only known that earlier, journalists from leading European Media obtained limited access to investigation materials regarding Ramzan Kadyrov’s financial operations within Luxembourg and a number of other EU countries.