Titular Power Vertical

Titular Power Vertical

Titular Power Vertical
Local Russian News In English

At the end of last week Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov announced that he would forfeit his title of ?president,? and that the five other North Caucasus presidents would be following suit. Analysts cannot agree on whether the Kremlin is pressuring regional heads to shed another vestige of regional autonomy ? their own distinctive titles ? to further tighten up its coveted ?power vertical.? But as nationalist sentiment is stoked in Chechnya and Islamization in the republic grows, the Kremlin will hardly be displeased to see Kadyrov being so deferential.
Source: Russia Profile.org