In reality, this resignation was predetermined when Evloev’s murder occurred, and, probably, the fundamental decision was made by the federal center even then, but two problems had to be solved, and different ones at that. The essence of the first is that since opposition actions began, it was impossible to fire Zyazikov immediately, because it would look like a concession, it would turn out that the federal center met the opposition halfway, that the opposition achieved success, and so on.
