This article analyzes how Moscow has extended its rule over Chechnia since the beginning of this century. Within the larger understanding of this rule as imperial in form, the current distinct contractual relationship between the Russian center and Chechnia is substantiated as one based on kinship. I argue that the Putin-Kadyrov relationship is a generic case of patronage but highlight the local imprint that such relations acquire by tracing how Chechen kinship practices inform this case.

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俄罗斯帝国关系内部：普京-卡德罗夫赞助的社会宪法

本文分析了莫斯科自本世纪初以来如何扩大对车臣的统治。在将这条规则视为帝国形式的更大理解范围内，俄罗斯中心与车臣之间当前明显的契约关系被证实为一种基于亲属关系的契约关系。我认为普京-卡德罗夫的关系是一个普遍的赞助案例，但通过追溯车臣亲属关系实践如何影响这个案例，强调了这种关系获得的当地印记。