Not that I say its something to admire, but the Soviets had a way of dealing with it that was imho fairly effective. For that matter, so did a certain Transylvanian voivode.
VoivodeVoivode, also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode, voivoda, vojvoda or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the medieval rulers of the Romanian-inhabited states and of governors and military commanders of Ukrainian Cossacks, Hungarian, Balkan, Russian people and other Slavic-speaking populations.
“the Soviets had a way of dealing with it”
The Putin way, while involving money, is cheaper: bribe the most cutthroat bastard.