KPRF denies that Zyuganov asked Putin not to appoint Kadyrov as defense minister

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation called “forged text” and a provocation the information that party leader Gennady Zyuganov wrote a letter to President Vladimir Putin asking him not to appoint the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, as defense minister. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation announced that it would appeal to the Investigative Committee of Russia to bring “provocateurs to justice.” Mr. Zyuganov also denied having written such a letter.

The possibility of Mr. Kadyrov’s resignation began to be discussed after he declaredthat his “time has come”, and you need to “try to leave on time.” Three days later, the head of Chechnya said, that he has no right to leave his post “just like that”, and promised to break the record for the duration of his tenure as governor. Online edition “Layout” and Meduza (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) wrote that Ramzan Kadyrov could move to a leadership position in the National Guard.

On September 12, the newspaper Novye Izvestia reported that the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation addressed the president “with an urgent request” not to appoint Mr. Kadyrov as head of the Defense Ministry. The publication claimed that he had at his disposal the very letter of Gennady Zyuganov. It was allegedly sent to the presidential administration. As one of the arguments, as the newspaper noted, Mr. Zyuganov wrote that “a person who, even at the dawn of his biography, mercilessly killed Russian soldiers during the first Chechen war, cannot head the Russian defense department.” At the time of writing, the article on site Novye Izvestia is not available, but its text has been preserved in cache.

Gennady Zyuganov the very next day, September 13, commented on this publication. He stated that he “did not write any letter and did not consider this issue”. He called the head of Chechnya “a brave and worthy person” who “defends the security of our country.” “I’ll have to meet with you in court and figure out who organized this dirty mess,” he said during press conferences.

The press service of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation called the publication of Novye Izvestia “absolutely provocative material.” The party believes that this is a “forged text” that is “directed against” Ramzan Kadyrov. “The Central Committee of the Communist Party strongly condemns the unscrupulous actions of provocateurs. We believe that such steps are directly aimed at creating political conflicts with interethnic overtones, which is especially unacceptable in our large multinational country with deep international traditions. We officially declare our intention to apply to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in order to investigate the actions of falsifiers and bring provocateurs to justice,” the statement reads. statement Communist Party.

This week, the head of Chechnya criticized the course of the Russian military operation in Ukraine against the backdrop of recent “curtailment” of troops in the areas of Balakliya and Izyum in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. Mr. Kadyrov declaredthat if in the coming days “no changes are made” to the conduct of the military operation, then he will “go out to the leadership of the country” to explain the situation “on the ground” to them. In the Kremlin remindedthat one should be “very careful” when criticizing a military operation.

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