Why Putin is Getting Nervous About His Chechen Proxy
(World News Russia)

All eyes were on the meeting. Chechnya´s mercurial leader, Ramzan Kadryov, had come to the Kremlin for a rare face-to-face chat with President Vladimir Putin. In recent weeks, the Chechen strongman had found himself embroiled in several controversies, any one of which could merit a powwow with the president. In early April, the independent Novaya Gazeta newspaper reported that Kadyrov´s security forces were kidnapping, torturing and killing gay men in a mass anti-gay purge. The news had sent shockwaves through the international press, drawing criticism from around the world. The security situation in Chechnya had deteriorated. Insurgent attacks were on the rise. And Kadyrov was publicly...