ARTICLE: Chechen leader imposes strict brand of Islam, AP, February 28, 2009

This is a version of Russia cutting a cultural enclave deal with their own Muslims. Unable to thoroughly tame this "badland" by force and incapable of serious economic integration, Moscow--in effect--gives up and pulls a FATA-like arrangement: if you stop being a problem for us, we'll let you enclave your population with rules we'd never allow in our own system.

This is--as always--a temporizing solution. It's just that sometimes the "temporary" goes on forever.

(Thanks: Craig Nordin)