Russia: Waterboarding is for sissies

[realill]

Rath said:

realill said:
Kadyrov and his father are two persons who directly responsible for stopping this war. And no they are not puppets.

How do you measure freedom?

 

How is Kadyrov and his father not puppets? They both are/were essentially tools through which Russia has near total control of Chechnya. They may have stopped the war but in my opinion they have not done it in the way the Chechen people would have preferred.

Freedom I measure such things as fair and balanced democracy (which Chechnya doesn't have, the elections are essentially a show run by the Kremlin and Kadyrov) and human rights (which are often violated in Chechnya, there are still many reports of abuses such as torture.)

Kadyrov got enough influence to start 3rd Chechen War in the region. So what should he do instead of dealing with Russian goverment? Become "rebel"? Hide in mountains? Kill evil Russian millitary? Taking children hostages as was done by famous Basaev rebel? Can you really blame him for choosing another way?

It is not a Star Wars movie where there are Evil Russian Empire fighting good Chechen Republic. It is post War zone, and human life has a low value there.  Fighting Evil Russia will not cure anyhing and will not stop human right violations. It will make a lot of new problems.

Chechen goverment and parlament controls a lot of aspects of Chechen republic life. Now when counter-terrorist operaion is almost official over, they will gain more control.