Chechen Prime Minister Appointed

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Chechen Prime Minister Appointed

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday appointed a young businessman who was once deputy governor of the Moscow region as the new Chechen prime minister, a move that keeps the republic's financial flows out of the hands of ethnic Chechens.

Mikhail Babich, 33, replaces Stanislav Ilyasov, who was recently promoted to the post of federal minister in charge of the reconstruction of Chechnya, the presidential press service said.

Babich, who currently is a deputy governor of the western Ivanovo region, will take up the post of prime minister in Akhmad Kadyrov's government Friday, Interfax reported.

The announcement of his appointment came a day before the State Duma was to discuss a constitutional referendum for Chechnya, which Putin gave the go-ahead for at a meeting with pro-Moscow Chechens in the Kremlin on Sunday.

The decision to pick Babich was the latest signal that the Kremlin, while giving its blessing to the constitutional process and formation of state structures in Chechnya, intended to keep a tight grip over the republic.

Source: Agencies

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