The Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, appeared in a video, filmed in his luxurious palace in the capital Grozny and broadcast on Saturday evening, in which he told his followers on the social networking site Telegram that he intends to resign from a position he has been holding for 15 years.
Known as the “Warlord” in the Republic of Chechnya, and one of the biggest supporters of Putin’s military campaign in Ukraine, he mentioned that the Caucasians and Chechens have a popular saying: “No matter how much respect a long-awaited guest is, it is pleasant if he leaves on time.” Then the proverb kindly said: “I think my time has come too,” according to what the British newspaper “Daily Telegraph” translated what was stated in the video presented by “Al Arabiya.net” below, in which we find him accompanying his phrases with a broad smile that lasted for the duration of the clip, that is, one minute and 37 seconds, and sometimes turned into a laugh.
A number of Western analysts, contacted by the newspaper, considered the video to be a “radical shift in the tone” of Kadyrov, according to British Samuel Ramani, associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies in London, who considered Kadyrov to deal a heavy blow to Putin. As if he carried out his desire and resigned,” according to his expression.
Some analysts have questioned Kadyrov’s words, including Ivan Klyszcz, 30, an analyst in the North Caucasus at the University of Tartu in Estonia. He mentioned that the Chechen leader “has said things like this in the past,” possibly referring to a statement he made in December 2018 in which he said that he He intends to end his career as president for the district, not at the federal level, and he plans to leave office. But time passed and Kadyrov, who was 45, remained unchanged.
He did not enjoy the taste of power for long
In 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin promoted Kadyrov to leader of Chechnya, after he became an outspoken supporter of him. Also, his father Ahmed, who fought Russian forces in the first Chechen war in the mid-nineties, changed his position in the second war a few years later. Putin appointed him in 2000 as the leader of Chechnya, but he did not enjoy long in the taste of power. He is presiding over a victory day celebration at a sports stadium in the capital.
With his father, with Putin
That bombing, which was claimed by the opposition Chechen leader Shamil Basayev, also killed 32 others, including 2 of Akhmad Kadyrov’s bodyguards, as well as the President of the Republic Hossein Isaev, in addition to a Archyde.com photographer, according to what Al-Arabiya.net summarizes the news of the bombing, which wounded and maimed 46 Others, including the Russian military commander in the Caucasus, General Valery Barnov, and after 3 years the reins of power are in the hands of the son for now.