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The Rise of Nikolai Putin in Chechnya
The 45-year-old Dimitri has been doing some of the cultivation of his own network. But on the other hand, I find it really hard to see any kind of strong alliances that have been built. Much of the activity I have to suspect is actually about embezzlement rather than politics. Some of the work in Chechnya seems to be more about mutually agreeable opportunities to steal from federal budget.