—”If Russia collapses, Chechnya will lose that lifeline from the Kremlin.”
Not an oil giant but enough to sustain Chechnya’s economy.
Putin has been promising Kadyrov control of the oil and gas... any day now... coming soon.
And the Russians destroyed the refineries when they were in the area a few years back.
https://warsawinstitute.org/chechnyas-kadyrov-gets-oil-gas-privileges/
Putin needs Kadyrov. So he'll tell him to shut up while he pays him off with billions.