Through exceedingly brutal, vicious, andtyrannical methods, Ramzan Kadyrov has actually been able to establish a certain kind of stability in Chechnya, and particularly its capital Grozny w hich has been lavishly rebuilt with enormous subsidies from the Federal government in Moscow.
And that effort continues every day as we provide assistance to the opposition, non-lethal assistance, as we ramp up our humanitarian aid to the Syrian people, and as we continue to pressure our friends and partners around the world to recognize the fact that allying with Assad, helping prolong Assad's brutal, tyrannical regime is a very bad choice.