I don’t think that the bear acts weak. I think that he prefers to keep his main actions behind closed doors. There are now millions from Dagestan, Chechnya, and the whole of the Caucasus buried in mass graves.
Putin believes that it is better to do than to be seen to perhaps do. I believe that there is a story of an Islamist group who took a Russian Special Force commando hostage and were playing tough guy with Putin.
Putin apparently kidnapped a very high ranking Islamist from the area and had him videotaped being thrown into a furnace. I think that that area got really peaceful for a long while.
Do you think we wake up to the news that Islamic leader was takeing back of black car never seen again
We hear stories he may be goal post at one of Olympic stadium in Sohi
Works for me
>>>Putin believes that it is better to do than to be seen to perhaps do. I believe that there is a story of an Islamist group who took a Russian Special Force commando hostage and were playing tough guy with Putin.
Putin apparently kidnapped a very high ranking Islamist from the area and had him videotaped being thrown into a furnace. I think that that area got really peaceful for a long while.<<<
It was in Beirut, Lebanon circa 1985 long before Putin took power.
Palestinians were annoyed with a presence of foreign operators in Beirut and demanded withdrawal, the French has evacuated theirs while both CIA and KGB haven’t. As a result terrorists have abducted a CIA station chief Willy Franc Buckley as he was leaving home for work and also captured a Soviet diplomat believed to be an undercover KGB agent.
Soviets delivered ultimatum to Hizballah demanding release of their man and airlifted Alpha (anti-terrorist) and Vympel (terrorist) groups to Beirut who briefly identified the terrorists and abducted a number of their revatives. Palis were outraged and threatened to execute their hostage but later this day Vympels captured a brother of their leader, amputated his genitals and sent to the rest of terrorists.
At that point KGB has won as their blindfolded man was dropped out of the car in the downtown alive.
Unfortunately, it hasn’t helped Buckley (RIP) who was executed by terrorists shortly after.