'My Time Has Come': Controversial Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov Appears To Say He'll Resign

[blue-wave]

Source: Forbes

Ramzan Kadyrov—the controversial Putin-backed Chechen leader accused of numerous human rights violations over his 15 years in office—said in a video posted Saturday morning he will take an “indefinite and long” and that his “time has come before they kick me out,” according to a translation by the Financial Times.

The longtime ruler of Russia’s Chechnya region has been accused by advocacy groups of overseeing and turning a blind eye to abductions, torture and killings as well as suppressing political opposition and instituting repressive laws against the LGBTQ community, although he vowed last year in his inauguration address for his fourth term to “protect human rights.”

Kadyrov, 45, ran unopposed after being encouraged by Russian President Vladimir Putin, winning with 99.97% of the vote.

Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2022/09/03/my-time-has-come-controversial-chechen-leader-ramzan-kadyrov-appears-to-say-hell-resign/?sh=731e5a2f29a7

---

Hmmm, the rats jumping from a sinking Russian ship?

[dalton99a]

1. POS needs a dirt nap.

[Warpy]

2. More like the Russian ship is no longer able to provide a tow

and Chechnya is being set adrift since Russia's a little preoccupied elsewhere. Kadyrov undoubtedly knows some shit is about to rain down and that Putin and Russian troops won't help him to crush people who object to what's going on.

In any case, if there is a positive regime change there, expect the 'stans to get restless.

[CloudWatcher]

3. "time has come before they kick me out"

Was he perhaps referring to being pushed out (a window)? Perhaps the translation was a little iffy.

[Submariner]

4. Ramzan was profiled a few years ago

I believe it was on Vice News that used to be on cable.

He stood out as being proud of all the pain and misery he and his countrymen inflict on any and all LGBT people living in Chechnya. He smiled as he described finding and killing them.

His own Ukrainian assassin team seem to be getting killed by Ukraine forces, so maybe Rammy is having thoughts of being the target of an assassin’s bullet. With any luck, it will be a gay assassin for that touch of Karma.

[blue-wave]

7. Yup

Here's some good reporting from inside Chechnya by ABC News and James Longman. This was produced before the second invasion of Ukraine.

In Chechnya, LGBT people share their stories of being abducted and tortured, often hiding their sexuality from their own family. The police say the idea that gay people exist in Chechnya is an insult. “Nightline” gained rare access to a Chechen prison with the republic’s head of police, General Apti Alaudinov. ABC News’ James Longman revealed to Alaudinov that he is gay while at the prison.


And let us never forget Zelim Bakaev. We'll likely never be able to confirm what happened to him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelim_Bakaev

[DetlefK]

5. I remember Kadyrov bragging about how easily he can defeat the Ukrainians:

About 1 month into the war, Putin put Kadyrov in charge of the war. Kadyrov immediately went to social media to show how easyit is to defeat the Ukrainians:

Kadyrov posted a photo of himself with a conquered supply-truck of the ukrainian army. The truck surely had the insignia of the ukrainian armed forces... except it was absolutely pristine with no dent and no speck of dirt on it... and Kadyrov's mansion was in the background.

[turbinetree]

6. Reads like his 99.97% is what the fascist republicans want to emulate in this country

and the only reason why there is a .03% opposition vote is just a made up figure, because after all this asshole wants to leave with his millions from the gilded age hydra before its to late......he ran unopposed.....then he should have gotten 100%, maybe google and apple did the same thing like they did in Russia........

https://www.wired.com/story/russia-apple-google-voting-app-navalny/

[keithbvadu2]

8. Ramzan Kadyrov has special boots

https://imgur.com/gallery/q5yYgin

[PortTack]

9. I highly doubt the vote was 99+%. Not in a real election anyway. There's a lrg partisan group inside

Chechnya that want their freedom from Russia. And, several chechnans fighting alongside Ukraine. They had their freedom ripped away by russia as well not that many years ago.