Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) listens to the President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov during their meeting in Moscow, December 21, 2009. Kadyrov, the former rebel turned Kremlin loyalist, says Moscow needs a military strategy to resist Western efforts to promote disorder in the North Caucasus and destroy Russia.
REUTERS/Ria Novosti/Pool/Alexei Nikolsky (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS)