MOSCOW, June 30. /TASS/. A Russian TV channel on Thursday announced the launch of a contest set to make its winner an aide of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and head of the North Caucasus republic’s agency for strategic development.

"The Rossiya-1 channel presents an unprecedented project. Any of its participants will get a chance to become an aide of Ramzan Kadyrov regardless of his or her sex, age and social status," the channel said in a statement.

"This person will be able to work with Kadyrov and promote the most interesting ideas in this Russian region," the channel said.