Asked about his would-be successor, Kadyrov replied: “This is the prerogative of the state leadership.”“If I am asked ... there are several people who are 100 percent capable of carrying out these duties at the highest level.” He did not elaborate. Describing Putin as his “idol”, Kadyrov said in the interview: “I am ready to die for him, to fulfil any order.”Kadyrov also strongly denied a Chechen link to the killing of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in 2015. In June, a Moscow court convicted five Chechen men of murdering Nemtsov, one of Putin’s most vocal critics. “I am more than confident ... these (Chechen) guys had nothing to do with that. According to my information, they are innocent,” Kadyrov said in the interview.

Source: The Guardian November 27, 2017 01:18 UTC