posted by circassiankama on April, 2009 as CHECHNYA
April 17, 2009
Kadyrov's Takeover
There's an old anecdote about Chechnya that runs: "How soon after the withdrawal of Russian forces from the republic will Ramzan Kadyrov be killed?" The answer: "He will be killed several hours before the withdrawal."
To judge by everything that has happened, that anecdote was overtaken by events on April 16.
The logical conclusion to be drawn from statements by representatives of the Chechen leadership is that the ending of the counterterrorism operation should
bring Chechnya not just an economic boom, but it will enable Ramzan
Kadyrov and the forces subordinate to him to impose control over
Chechen territory.
Various officials have said on more than
one occasion that the task of maintaining internal order should be
transferred from the various federal forces deployed in Chechnya,
either temporarily or on a permanent basis, to the local Chechen
Interior Ministry.
What does this mean? It means that Kadyrov
has acquired such power that he does not doubt his own capacity to
maintain his hold over the republic.
Relying only on his own
resources he will be able to keep in check the armed underground and
the criminal world, and at the same time resolve any problems that
require the use of force.
Kadyrov has indeed become the master
of Chechnya, and it is entirely possible that at some point in the
future he will have no further need whatsoever for the Defense
Ministry, Federal Security Service, Interior Ministry units, and other
federal forces currently on Chechen territory.
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