http://www.nowpublic.com/world/chechen-leader-imposes-strict-brand-islamFrom the article :
Chechnya's most recent events involves the attempts by Ramzan Kadyrov, the 32 year old militia leader, to reinforce his power against emerging Muslim political power by imposing his own version of the Law of Sharia.
This means a death sentence for illicit sex, even though such harsh treatment is seen as a violation of Russian law and its constitution.
Vladimir Putin has supported Kadyrov to keep the peace and to keep Chechnya squarely in the Russian zone.
The question any analyst would ask: is it possible to say that Chechnya is still in Russia if the law in Chechnya is outside of what the Russian constitution permits?
Many would say that the answer was "no".
February 28 AP: The bullnecked president of Chechnya emerged from afternoon prayers at the mosque and with chilling composure explained why seven young women who had been shot in the head deserved to die.
Ramzan Kadyrov said the women, whose bodies were found dumped by the roadside, had "loose morals" and were rightfully shot by male relatives in honor killings.
"If a woman runs around and if a man runs around with her, both of them are killed," Kadyrov told journalists in the capital of this Russian republic.
Kadyrov describes women as the property of their husbands and says their main role is to bear children. He encourages men to take more than one wife, even though polygamy is illegal in Russia. Women and girls are now required to wear headscarves in all schools, universities and government offices.
As if that poor country and in particular its women haven?t suffered enough.