> lmao is the situation really this bad? v.putin do some extra steps to get favors from r.kadyrov, for some reason. two notable cases was, when sent that guy who burned quran to get judged in chechnya. second was more recent, where v.putin kissed quran which r.kadyrov gifted him. for some reason, v.putin really, really needs to have r.kadyrov on his good side. either it is to keep access to chechen soldiers, or chechen mafia influence in russia. more leaning on mafia version. d.medvedev could be as acceptable alternative. as he already was as president, and besides of invasion of georgia in 2008, he was considered as somehow tame and pro-western one. d.medvedev still thinks a lot about west, but now in slightly different categories.
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