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...given broad powers to run the republic, Putin recently told a group of journalists from the U.S. media, including TIME. A local legislature will also be elected. Then the Kremlin plans to announce that the war is over, reduce its troop numbers to a small permanent garrison and hand over pacification duties to the 13,000 men in the Chechen police force, which is widely viewed as Kadyrov's private army, and an undisclosed number of Kadyrov's personal security guards...
...quagmire on a daily basis on TV. But silence is no solution. "I am here because it's the only job I know how to do," says Mikhail, a noncommissioned officer with the militarized forces of Russia's Interior Ministry, as he feeds a cat in the tightly guarded garrison that protects the Chechen government headquarters in Grozny. "This war is a f______ mess." Chechnya may not be Putin's undoing in the coming elections, but its endless nightmare is likely to haunt him in his second term...
...Garrison Keillor spoke for many of us rational individuals in his description of Jesse Ventura's governorship of Minnesota [ESSAY, Aug. 25]. Keillor referred to Arnold Schwarzenegger's candidacy for California Governor and noted that Minnesotans "invented the action-hero Governor." Education and experience are the substantive ingredients necessary for any successful career, including one in politics. Star power and money should not be the determining factors. Are you listening, California? ALEXANDER G. KAPOCIUS Orland Park...
...Garrison, speak for yourself. Ventura was elected by the people. He was a welcome change from "politics as usual." Maybe Arnold is just what California needs. JOHN HURLA Park Rapids, Minn...
...Dear Garrison, please move to California and run for Governor. You can stay at my house until you get settled. NICK MIZE Moorpark, Calif...