Kadyrov Names Choice For Chechen Prime Minister

Ramzan Kadyrov (file photo) (epa)

March 8, 2007 -- Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov says he will nominate Odes Baisultanov for prime minister.

Kadyrov told reporters at Grozny Airport today that he plans to submit Baisultanov's name to parliament for approval "in the near future."

Baisultanov currently is the first deputy prime minister of Chechnya.

Kadyrov, who previously served as Chechnya's prime minister, was
approved as president on March 2.

(Interfax, ITAR-TASS)