MOSCOW – Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Russia’s Chechnya, said he was ready to die for Vladimir Putin and stand down, if ordered, ahead of a federal presidential election next year which has triggered personnel reshuffles that have put some politicians on edge.
Reuters: Chechen leader, amid reshuffles, says ready to die for Putin
Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov votes during Russia's parliamentary elections at a polling station in the settlement of Tsentoroy, outside Grozny, on Sept. 18, 2016.
