The Arms-Length Relationship Between Chechnia and Russia

There's not a lot of evidence that vladimir putten is afraid to get his hands dirty with the regular russian troops. But if i'm a a smart rent seeking a leader of a chechin militia group, i might be thinking, you know, how do i prolong this problem? Maybe? And so the arms length relationship that you have with contractors, consultants, let's call them, may be very interested in actually just extracting as much as they can from both sides.