ROSTOV-ON-DON, January 15 (RIA Novosti) - Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov will hold a two-hour online conference on January 30, his press service announced on Tuesday.

"At the two-hour conference, members of Chechen diasporas both in Russia and abroad will be able to join the dialogue with Kadyrov, ask him questions, make requests and receive objective information on the situation in Chechnya directly from the republic's leadership," the press service said.

The spokesman said the need for the conference has emerged due to "positive changes in Chechnya, as well as the positive development of relations between the republic and the Chechen diaspora."

Although Kadyrov was only appointed president of Chechnya last February, he has been the de-facto leader of the troubled North Caucasus republic since 2004, when his father, then-president Akhmad Kadyrov, was killed in a terrorist bomb attack in the Chechen capital, Grozny, during May 9 WWII Victory Day celebrations.

In Chechnya, Kadyrov has been credited with bringing relative stability and prosperity, especially in Grozny, which sees a booming construction sector. Kadyrov has also presided over the resumption of civil air flights, the allocation of funds for equipping remote mountainous areas with satellite equipment, and the creation of jobs.

Chechnya was devastated by two Kremlin-led campaigns against separatists in the republic in the 1990s and early 2000s. Although Russia declared an end to the active phase of the antiterrorism campaign in Chechnya in 2001, occasional bombings and clashes with gunmen still occur.