Quote Originally Posted by DrBaldhead View Post
Indeed, it's quite ruthless of us to fund the Republic of Chechnya with such enormous money. Maybe we should have just bombed the sh~ out of them back in 2000 just like the US do.

Of course they could. Considering that your analogy goes from the situation in Crimea, would you also like to add the Republic of Dagestan to your country as a full-fledged region thus granting all of its residents with your country's citizenship with all the rights it guarantees, including all the social expenses and protection? Just like we do in Crimea?
If yes... Comrades, I think we've just found a huge money-saving option
It's okay, Putin's gift of all those billions meant that Russians didn't have that benefit so whatever citizens suffered or were killed by Chechen criminals is good enough, right? I'm sure Russians didn't need those 30+ billions and I read that there are promises of 80B more by 2025. Putin is so generous. It's amusing that you think that no one is hurt by these gifts. You should be a comedian.

The analogy is that Russia was so ohhhhhh soooo concerned about rights for those in Crimea, so concerned about the Russians there (as he's proven time and time again to be concerned about Russians, of course.... LOL) so I suggested he should be really concerned and give Dagestan the same choice. But, Russians supposedly can't suggest separation of republics by law. I'm suggesting hypocrisy among other things. Sorry, it wasn't clear to you.