If this relationship appears to be that of an over indulgent father and his pathetic child, desperate for his approval and attention, you would not be far off. While Kadyrov considers himself a family man, a man of religious virtue, he surrounds himself with lavish trinkets, expensive cars, celebrity filled parties, and personal zoos…all while his own people either starve or are ‘disappeared’ for daring to question his leadership.
All the while, Putin rolls his eyes and pats his little pet on the head as long as Kadyrov and his group of cult like devotees takes care of any little ‘problem’ that the Kremlin might be having. Those problems are journalists, opposition leaders, former associates that spoke to freely in public.
Often enough, these assassinations don’t even happen on Chechen soil. Putin has clearly given the nod for his pup to hunt down his victims anywhere they may have sought refuge in Europe.