Hanna, you still don't understand, do you? Islam is just a tool. A something to get what you want. If you have an area of land with uneducated and belligerent people, in order to rule them you have to think of something to keep them in line. Money fits more civilized areas, but religion works just as well and it's cheaper. They could be of any religion, or atheists - you only have to tell them whom they should blame for all their woes (usually arranged by you). That's what the so called 'radical islamists' really are - all their talks about 'holy wars' is simply a lust for power.

I cannot believe that our special agencies cannot find him. If it were in the better times of Soviet Union they all would have been hunted down and executed (well, of course, Chechen conflict would have been impossible in Soviet era).
It's just the feeling that the current rulers of Russia prefer Caucasus to be a dormant volcano. We have obligations, of course, before Europe, human rights, etc, but those obligations are used selectively - and if somebody higher up really wanted to bring the south to order it could be done within several weeks.

There're some rough figures:


These are the expenditures from the federal budget per 1 citizen of the listed republics.
The average amount per 1 citizen of any other region is about 5 thousand roubles ($180), compared to Chechnya (about $1,500). Should I say that more than half (if not more) of these $1,500 are returned to Moscow in the pockets of those who tells us about 'high levels of corruption' on TV. It's a goldmine. We get oil from underground, then sell it abroad, then we send the money to Chechnya, their government gets some and returns the rest 'in cash'.

I can tell you more. This 'business' is very awkward when you do this in front of your own population. If you could divide the country into several smaller states this will be quite more effective (you won't have to feed the 'unnecessary population' from the central regions). We are ruled by criminals who only want to extort money from oil and gas deposits to enrich themselves.