Russia: Chechen Leader Taps Successor

By ELLEN BARRY

Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-backed president of the Russian republic of Chechnya, said in an interview that he had chosen and trained his own successor as president: Adam S. Delimkhanov, a member of Parliament who was accused this spring of killing one of Mr. Kadyrov’s rivals in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Mr. Delimkhanov denied any role in the killing. In an interview with Zavtra, an ultranationalist newspaper, Mr. Kadyrov, above, said that even if he was not in power, “the Kadyrov cause” would continue. Mr. Kadyrov, 32, is now in the second year of a five-year term.