So it is telling that Mr Putin chose to stress his unwavering, hard line on the crisis in Ukraine: what happened in Kiev was an "illegal coup" and Crimea, which Russia annexed, was like "holy land" for Russia and would always be treated that way.
TONAKGOLO ya Chechnya e ne ya bolela jaana fa e ne e solofetsa go nyeletsa sebetso seno mo nageng ya gagwe ya Russia e e aparetsweng ke bothata jwa go tsewa ga batho ka dikgoka: "Go tsaya batho ka dikgoka ka tsela eno go fitlhile mo setšhaba sotlhe se sa tlholeng se kgona go go itshokela mme batho botlhe ba tshwanetse go lwantsha boikepo jono."