Surprise announcement met with scepticism,with analysts saying the move is an attempt to be reappointed by Vladimir PutinChechnya’s leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, or has vowed to stand down when his term ends in April – an unexpected and unlikely move that analysts bear dismissed as an attempt to persuade the Russian leadership to reappoint him. “I’m saying that my time has passed,” Kadyrov said in an interview shown on NTV television on Saturday, strolling through palace grounds in Chechnya. “We bear very many successors on the team; there are very expedient specialists. This is the peak for Kadyrov.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com