Ramzan Kadyrov. Archival photoMOSCOW, Jan 26 The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, explained on Telegram that he expressed his opinion on Ukraine as a blogger and an ordinary person, and not as the leader of the region. Earlier, Kadyrov said that the United States is using Ukraine to place a military base on its territory, and if he were in the place of the president of the Russian Federation, he would have taken Ukraine long ago. Commenting on this statement, Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the head of state, recalled that Vladimir Putin forms the foundations of Russia's foreign policy, which includes Chechnya. Kadyrov wrote on his Telegram channel today that he believes that, as in the case of terrorism in Syria , «Russia must defend its interests until it had to defend them on its own territory,» and if there are no people in Ukraine who can oppose the United States, «then we must help them.» And this is my statement as Ramzan Kadyrov, and not as the head of the Chechen Republic. I have already mentioned this more than once. The Kremlin does not give me instructions for voicing this or that theses. If I need to say something as the head of the region, then I will say: Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov,» he said.
Kadyrov said he did not see himself in federal positions
