It was fear of extremism, as well as a more general increase violence, that led to the rise of the Kadyrov clan in 2004, when the Kremlin decided to engage in a “Chechenization” of the conflict. The plan implied that the Kremlin would provide the Kadyrovs – first Akhmad Kadyrov, and then, after his death, his son, Ramzan – broad autonomy (independence in all but name) and huge sums of money.
而正是对极端主义的恐惧和普遍升级的冲突使得卡德罗夫一派在2004年得以崛起，当时克里姆林宫决定在冲突中推动“车臣化”进程。这一计划意味着克里姆林宫将为卡德罗夫——开始是艾哈迈德·卡德罗夫，在他死后，便是他的儿子，拉姆赞·卡德罗夫——提供广泛的自治权力（但不能名义独立）和巨额资金。