Warlord-turned-president Ramzan Kadyrov rolls deep around Chechnya, in this video blogged then interpreted and re-blogged by Moscow’s English alt-weekly The Exile:
It shows a procession of about 50 luxury cars, mostly BMWs, Porsche Cayennes and huge Lexus SUVs—speeding around the republic like it’s the Dakar Rally.TAGS: russia, Video, war, youtubeA blogger added up the value of Kadyrov’s caravan and estimated it’s worth somewhere around $3,000,000 (Porsche Cayennes go for around $200,000 in Russia), and that’s not counting the tag-along Volgas, Ladas and Zhigs that brought in the rear. Is this a sign of Chechnya’s economic resurgence or what?



