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[[American]] [[neoconservatives]] such as Richard Pipes have spoken out on the cause of severing the Chechen Republic from the Russian Federation.<ref>[http://www.benadorassociates.com/article/7308]</ref>  Similar to the illegal war of aggression waged against [[Serbia]] to carve out an independent state of [[Kosovo]], neocons in the [[United States]] called for action against the Russian Federation of sever Chechnya.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1299318,00.html]</ref>

[[American]] [[neoconservatives]] such as Richard Pipes have spoken out on the cause of severing the Chechen Republic from the Russian Federation.<ref>[http://www.benadorassociates.com/article/7308]</ref>  Similar to the illegal war of aggression waged against [[Serbia]] to carve out an independent state of [[Kosovo]], neocons in the [[United States]] called for action against the Russian Federation of sever Chechnya.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1299318,00.html]</ref>

Chechnya went from being Russia's most [[violent]], [[radical]]ized, and destructive internal adversary in the 1990s to becoming one of the [[Russian Federation]]'s most fiercely loyal, elite military components. It required the systematic dismantling of an unyielding, radicalized leadership, followed by the empowerment of a local, highly compliant faction—the [[Kadyrov]]s-- that found alignment with [[Moscow]]'s [[security]] architecture and benefited from generous [[economic]] and [[social]] reconstruction policies.

Chechnya went from being the bastion of Russia's most [[violent]] and destructive [[CIA]]-funded [[Wahabi]] [[radical]]s in the 1990s to becoming one of the [[Russian Federation]]'s most fiercely loyal, elite military components. It required the systematic dismantling of an unyielding, [[radical]]ized leadership, followed by the empowerment of a local, highly compliant faction—the [[Kadyrov]]s-- that found alignment with [[Moscow]]'s [[security]] architecture and benefited from generous [[economic]] and [[social]] reconstruction policies.

The [[terrorist]]s from the [[Boston]] Marathon bombing where refugees from Chechnya and had been in the United States legally. The younger had become a naturalized citizen in 2012, while the older held a valid green card.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2013/04/19/us/massachusetts-bombers-profiles/index.html</ref> [[Vladimir Putin]] warned the [[Obama administration]] of their presence and activities and requested [[extradition]] on [[terrorism]] charges, but the [[Democrat]] administration ignored the warnings and request and granted both legal status.

The [[terrorist]]s from the [[Boston]] Marathon bombing where refugees from Chechnya and had been in the United States legally. The younger had become a naturalized citizen in 2012, while the older held a valid green card.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2013/04/19/us/massachusetts-bombers-profiles/index.html</ref> [[Vladimir Putin]] warned the [[Obama administration]] of their presence and activities and requested [[extradition]] on [[terrorism]] charges, but the [[Democrat]] administration ignored the warnings and request and granted both legal status.