15:34, 8 May 2025

Ramzan Kadyrov’s seven statements of resignation

Ramzan Kadyrov. Illustration created by “Caucasian Knot” using AI in the Copilot software.

In May 2025, the leader of Chechnya stated that he asked to be released from the post. However, on the other day, Ramzan Kadyrov claimed that he was misunderstood. Over the past ten years, the leader of Chechnya has announced his desire to resign at least seven times and remained in office.

I am asking to be released from my post

“I am asking to be released from office,” this is how Ramzan Kadyrov commented on publications about his possible resignation on May 5, 2025On the other day, May 6, 2025, the leader of Chechnya published a post in which he noted that “many people did not understand the meaning of his words about resignation.”.

He himself notices that he has been sitting too long in his chair

“I myself noticed that I had been sitting too long in my chair. I believe that I fully deserve an indefinite and long vacation,” Ramzan Kadyrov stated on September 3, 2022However, already on September 6, 2022, the leader of Chechnya claimed that he could leave, “only after asking the people and the President of Russia. Therefore, we will leave talks of my indefinite leave for the future.".

I am ready to leave my post

“If necessary, I am ready to leave my post, suffer, or give my life!” these were the words voiced by Ramzan Kadyrov in 2020The leader of Chechnya voiced the above statement in connection with criticism from French President Emmanuel Macron with regard to the “Charlie Hebdo” cartoons and the Kremlin’s reprimanding of Ramzan Kadyrov..

I believe that it’s my time (to leave)

“It is not that I am tired, that I do not want to serve. But this means I believe that my time to leave the post comes,” Ramzan Kadyrov stated, when speaking about his plans to resign in November 2017The leader of Chechnya emphasized that he was ready for any decision President Putin makes, and that in the event of resignation, he will focus on his family, household chores, and solving “certain tasks” in the interests of Russia..

Ready to guard mosque for the rest of my life

“I am ready to guard the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem as a volunteer for the rest of my life,” Ramzan Kadyrov said in July 2017. The leader of Chechnya then also noted that he was ready to resign.

My time has already come

“I believe that the state leaders need to find another person (...) My time has already come. Sometimes a person has a limit,” Ramzan Kadyrov noted in 2016.

I am not clinging to my chair

“I have asked twenty times to be let go. I am not clinging to my chair,” Ramzan Kadyrov said to journalists in April 2015The leader of Chechnya also claimed that being a “foot-soldier of the supreme commander,” he is a subordinate of President Vladimir Putin and is ready to resign from his post if necessary..

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on May 7, 2025 at 08:10 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Caucasian Knot