Пожалуйста. As if "Russia" (read: Putin) could even begin to care about his proud, loyal fellow citizens of the Motherland figuring out how to grow their own we

Пожалуйста. As if "Russia" (read: Putin) could even begin to care about his proud, loyal fellow citizens of the Motherland figuring out how to grow their own weed. (Beyond the extent to which it might cut into his Chechen pals' profit channels, that is). /r/UkraineConflict and the various LGBT fora are far more likely to have been the real drivers behind the decision. They just don't want to come out and say it.