![]() ![]() He has been bringing law enforcement personnel into those units. Kadyrov’s units are among the most powerful. Putin’s difficulties with finding enough people for his adventure in Ukraine have led him to allow regional units to be formed within the Russian military. Ramzan Kadyrov has been Vladimir Putin’s man in Chechnya, with his own ambitions which currently are served by being Putin’s man. I’m drawing on a number of his recent posts. ![]() He reports on news out of Russia, usually with several posts daily. He was in the State Department, working with the Baltic states as the Soviet Union broke up. Paul Goble follows many of those organizations. None seem to be as strong as the organizations in the Baltic states in the late 1980s. Russia contains many separatist organizations. All of the union republics had legislative bodies (supreme soviets) and an executive, some stronger and more prepared for independence than others. In addition to the union republics, most of these groups existed at the time the Soviet Union but did not seek independence, partly because their governmental organization was not strong enough to stand independently. Many of the differences go back to how the groups were incorporated into the Russian Empire. All are supposed to be treated equally, but they are unequal in size and importance to Moscow. Russia today contains several types of internal groupings: 46 oblasts, 21 republics, 9 krays, 4 autonomous okrugs, 2 cities of federal significance and 1 autonomous oblasts. Those colonies had been given the status of Republics of the Soviet Union. The breakup of the Soviet Union allowed 14 of its colonies to become independent. Russia remains an empire, conquered over centuries. One speculation on the outcome of Russia’s war against Ukraine is that Russia will break up. ![]()
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