For some insight into the Chechen warlord that Putin put into power in Chechnya, read this:

https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/13/dispatches-price-dissent-chechnya

https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/01/28/human-rights-violations-russias-north-caucasus

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/08/putins-dragon

Ramon Kadyrov is a vicious psychopath, a gangster who sees humans as disposable if their activities run counter to his ambitions and greed.
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