By Tsarizm Staff | January 15, 2020

Chechen Leader 'Temporarily Incapacitated,' Puts PM In Charge
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The leader of Russia’s North Caucasus region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has temporarily left office due to what he called his “temporary incapacitation.”

Kadyrov’s order dated January 13 was placed on the Chechen government’s website. 

“I entrust the chairman of the government of the Chechen Republic, Muslim Magomedovich Khuchiyev with carrying out the duties of the head of the Chechen Republic as of January 13, 2020 for the period of my temporary incapacitation,” the document says, without giving any other details…

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