"I plan to punctually leave politics after I resolve all the problems facing Chechnya," Kadyrov told journalists in Kislovodsk on Monday evening, Interfax reported.
"I have a large family, whom I don't pay enough attention to at the moment. I will not aspire to anything but will do home things," Kadyrov said.
Kadyrov, 35, has been president of Chechnya since 2007.
The Chechen leader also commented Monday on the upcoming presidential election, saying he believes Putin will win in the first round of voting and that Putin's opponents are "not presidents".
"Those who are organizing demonstrations are enemies of Russia. If it were up to me, I would put them in prison," Kadyrov said, Interfax reported.
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