Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov
Reading this article from the Guardian, you get the feeling that it is not so much a matter of the "king" of Chechnya imitating Putin but the other way around: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/23/putins-closest-ally-and-his-biggest-liability
You might check out this report from last year as well: http://www.voanews.com/content/chechens-fighting-in-ukraine-could-erode-support-for-separatists/1926283.html