The return to Chechnya of an amnestied Zakaev would greatly increase Kadyrov’s prestige. But the Kremlin wants to avoid this, owing to Kadyrov’s growing power and its general unease with a Russian Muslim elite that, while formally acknowledging Russian suzerainty, increasingly demands a redistribution of power within the Russian Federation.
如果扎卡耶夫以特赦之身重回车臣，无疑将大大地增加卡德罗夫的威望，这正是克里姆林宫最不想看到的，一方面是忌惮此人不断壮大的力量，另一方面也是对卡德罗夫这个俄罗斯穆斯林精英感到不满，因为此人虽然宣称接受俄罗斯的领导，但却不断要求在俄罗斯联邦内部进行权力的重新分配。