Screenshot of the petition on the Change.Org website demanding the resignation of Ramzan Kadyrov, made at 23:23 msk on February 15, 2022. https://www.change.org/p/кадырова-в-отставку

16 February 2022, 11:18

Within last 24 hours, almost 3000 new signatories demand Kadyrov's resignation

The electronic petition to Vladimir Putin demanding the resignation of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov has gained more than 216,000 signatures; over the last 24 hours, the number of signatories has grown by 2928.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on February 6, the above petition was posted on the website Change.org by the Moscow oppositional politician, Ilya Yashin. By 11:00 p.m. Moscow time on February 14, the petition entitled "Kadyrov, resign!" gained 213,307 signatures. The fact that such a large number of people have signed the petition in a short time confirms that public attention is focused on the situation in Chechnya, Ekaterina Shulman, a political analyst, has noted.

By 11:00 p.m. Moscow time on February 15, the petition for Kadyrov's resignation gained 216,235 signatures. Thus, during a day, 2928 signatures were added thereto.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on February 15, 2022 at 11:50 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

See earlier reports:

473 flash mob posts for Kadyrov against 210,000 signatures on his resignation, Number of signatories to petition demanding Kadyrov's resignation exceeds 200,000, Supporters of Kadyrov respond with a flash mob to a petition for his resignation.

Author: The Caucasian Knot

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