according to a number of articles, bandar, allegedly confronted vladimir putin in a bid to break the deadlock over syria. this included security of winter olympics in sochi if there is no accord. "i can give you a guarantee to protect the winter olympics next year. the chechen groups that threaten the security of the games are controlled by us," he allegedly said. putin then rejected the proposal furiously by saying "we know that you have supported the chechen terrorist groups for a decade. and that support, which you have frankly talked about just now, is completely incompatible with the common objectives of fighting global terrorism that you mentioned."