Kadyrov: "Mijn tijd is gekomen"
“Family, personal life, Islamic studies – that's where I see myself. If there is a need for me to take in hands a shovel, an assault rifle or a backpack – I can do that,” he said, adding that he believes that he's done his duty to his people.
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Een vernietigend rapport van de oppositie welke de leider zelf lekte stelt dat Kadyrov een probleem voor de staatsveiligheid is. Hij zal aftreden.
‘My time is past’: Chechen strongman leader Kadyrov announces he is stepping down
https://www.rt.com/politics/333863-k...chen-republic/
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Kadyrov’s shock announcement came days after liberal opposition politician Ilya Yashin published a report, in which he called Kadyrov a threat to Russia's national security. He accused the Chechen leader of separatism, saying he has a private army, imposes Sharia law in Chechnya in violation of Russian Russia and maintains a lavish lifestyle funded by embezzled money.
Ironically, the report was leaked online by Kadyrov himself hours before its release. The Chechen leader said the report was blather and that he wanted everyone to see his disregard for it.
Ramzan Kadyrov became an influential figure in Chechen life as the right-hand man to his father Akhmad Kadyrov, who was a prominent religious and political leader. The Kadyrov clan was among those who pledged allegiance to Moscow in its confrontation with the government of the so-called Ichkerian Republic, which sought to create a radical Islamist state in Chechnya. Akhmad Kadyrov, an elected religious leader in Chechnya, opposed the introduction of the fundamentalist Wahhabi version of Islam and eventually became head of the republic as it returned under Russia's full control.
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