Putin Seeks to Contain Chechnya's Idiosyncratic Leader
Putin Seeks to Contain Chechnya's Idiosyncratic Leader by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters) Friday March 25 th , 2016 at 6:59 PM Voice Of America 1 Share President Vladimir Putin has imposed the Kremlin's writ on every corner of Russia except one: the Chechnya region, whose leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, often pays little heed to the rules that govern the rest of the country. Putin is now trying to rein Kadyrov in, though alienating him would risk reigniting an Islamist insurgency that he helped the Kremlin leader defeat. A former Islamist rebel who has ruled the turbulent, mainly Muslim region in Russia's North Caucasus since 2007,... Yazidi Women, Children Freed in IS Prisoner Exchange by webdesk@voanews.com (Sirwan Kajjo) Friday March 25 th , 2016 at 6:59 PM Voice Of America 1 Share Fifty-one Yazidi women and children were released this week by Islamic State (IS) after a prisoner exchange by Kurdish