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Putin plays a game. He wants to keep russia quiet and gain as much as possible for russia and for himself personally.
For example he pays the Kadirov family protection so that theyll keep chechniya quiet. These guys run gangs all over russian cities and corruptio. Regarding them skyrockets. Many criticise putins party "edinaya rossiya" (unified russia) as a center for corruption. I guess he is in a tough spot so he tries to be pragmatic and maybe even reduce cabal influence as much as possible, but dont paint him as someone clean of corruption. I speak russian and follow russian politics, all said here is easily found on the web.