During a live broadcast on the Chechen Parliament's instagram account, Magomed Daudov, Chechnya chief Ramzan Kadyrov, named the number that Russia annually stands for maintaining the republic. According to him, it's 300 billion rubles.
Kadyrov admitted that he was thinking of a “separate Ichkeria.”
“But, I swear, we will not be able to live for three months. Imagine that Russia spends 300 billion a year on maintaining the people of the Chechen Republic, “Kadyrov said.
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He recalled that there is” no gas, no oil, no electricity “in Chechnya. The head of the republic said that he had not found a single investor in seven years. According to Kadyrov, the republic cannot survive without Russia.
“If they offer us something else, let them write us an economic model. Allah has given us a chance to live and develop. Don't listen to any devils, “stressed the head of Chechnya.
According to Forbes magazine, Kadyrov declared an income of 381.19 million rubles at the end of 2020. He did not state the sources of funding.
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