article_snippet: Otherwise the same thing would happen to me as to Shavanov.'
article_snippet: We are carefully checking into this,' said chairman of the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission, Anton Tsvetkov. '
article_snippet: The head of state was informed about the details by the director of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov,' reported Novaya Gazeta, which is part-owned by ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and by Alexander Lebedev, proprietor of The Independent titles and the London Evening Standard.
article_snippet: Several reports say the disclosures prevent a major challenge for Putin, because Putin must allow the prosecution of a key figure from the security services professing total loyalty to Putin in Chechnya or snub Putin Moscow law enforcement cadres who have exposed the murder plot.
article_snippet: For some time, there has been a power struggle between those under Kadyrov's command, and those at federal level in Moscow, with claims the Chechens have a free hand to conduct illegal operations.
article_snippet: Putin's handshake could 'break your hand', Putin said.
article_snippet: Putin has been under sustained pressure recently with a sharp dispute with the West over Ukraine, sanctions and low oil prices causing economic misery for Russians, and claims government officials ordered the murder of a key opposition figure.
article_snippet: Pusekov implied the 62 year old leader was too busy working behind the scenes to make any public appearances.
article_snippet: Rumours that close Putin ally and hardliner Igor Sechin had quit were 'dreams' as were whispers of the government resigning. '
article_snippet: This was the decision of the leaders.'