theturtlemoves [he/him]

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  • I’m not Russian, so take this with a grain of salt. When the USSR broke up, the Chechens - whose homeland ended up in the Russian federation - tried to secede. The Russian army crushed them militarily, but realised that governing a hostile population would be difficult. Also, Chechen separatists started conducting terrorist attacks in Russia. So they cut a deal with the Kadyrovs (who are Chechens, but on friendly terms with the Russians), where they put them in charge and basically stopped interfering in local affairs, in return for them clamping down on the more extreme separatists. I guess the Chechen people see this as less bad than direct Russian rule.