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The head of Ukraine's National Defense and Security Council, Oleksi Danilov, assured Monday that the Chechnya region will only be part of Russia "as long as (Vladimir) Putin is alive" and insisted that "once Putin leaves it will be a free country." Danilov has pointed out that Putin and the leader of the Chechen region, Ramzan Kadirov, have reached an agreement whereby the Russian president "gives everything." "Money, opportunities, orders, welfare, everything. In return, Chechnya remains part of Russia, but as soon as Putin leaves, it will become a free country," he stressed. "Whether with Kadyrov or without him, it...