From: "Phil Payne" 

> Meethinks Putin has his own problems with Islamic organizations from
> Chechnya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia  to Tatarstan. Does
> this mean Putin will refrain from bombing Islamic rebel bases in Chechnya
> from now on ?

First thought that went through my mind, too.  Russia needs to keep looking
east - its own energy reserves are buried deep under mosques.

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