Status for 400,000 rubles: DUSTUM iPhones with portraits of the Kadyrovs have gone on sale in Chechnya

A tech store in Chechnya has begun selling a customized iPhone 17 Pro with a platinum case, carbon fiber accents, and portraits of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and his son Adam.

The smartphone is a limited edition and is named DUSTUM, after Adam Kadyrov's call sign, which he inherited from his father. Initial ads priced the device at 400,000 rubles, but the price was later reduced to 350,000. The smartphone features 1 terabyte of storage, and its advertising slogan is "Status that can't go unnoticed."

This isn't the first commercial product associated with Adam Kadyrov. The energy drink "K-13" has previously appeared in the republic.

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