I am aware of it, I just found it not fare, that all states of the ex USSR had achoice to live the federation , but Chechenya.
I do not know who is governing there now, but I think they have reached an agreement with Russia somehow.
In my opinion that war was unfair, I am not Russian but I like President Putin, and Medyedev was an educated man, I liked also Brejnev, gorbachev and yeltsin if you want my own opinion.
For me Russian are very intelligent people, well educated and I wish them the best.
Some Morality question are not compatible with mine, although it is called Orthodoxy. Do not get me wrong please, I have dated two extremely beautiful Russian girls both from St -petersburg.