at grozny's new central mosque, we met the man who runs chechnya. he's one of putin's close friends, ramzan kadyrov. he's one of putin's close friends. it was a special day, a lock of hair believed to come from the muslim prophet muhammad was on display. the relic brought him to tears. he's deeply religious and has aligned himself with russia. two days later, we visited kadyrov's palace for a rare interview. very nice to meet you. the city of grozny was famous for being completely destroyed. it has now been rebuilt. how did you rebuild the city? >> translator: we were tired of the war of looking at the destroyed towns and villages. we asked for god's help and we constructed the entire republic. >> he also gets billions from putin and lives like a king with toys, a private zoo, model helicopters. this is your private gym. and as we discovered an interview with kadyrov is exhausting. this is his boxing ring. you're not expecting me to get in with you, are you? yes, he was. and kadyrov wasn't finished yet. he likes to show off but is also feared in che

this is grozny today, the capital of chechnya.ace twice in the 1990s when chechnya tried to break away after the collapse of the soviet union. grozny's new central mosque, we met the man who runs chechnya. he's one of putin's close friends, kaderov. it was a special day, a lock of hair believed to come from hu muhammad was on display. it brought him to tears, he's deeply religious, and he has aligned himself with russia. two days later, we visited his palace for a rare interview. very nice to meet you. the city of grozny was famous being completely destroyed. it has now been rebuilt. how did you rebuild this city? >> translator: we were tired of the war, of looking at destroyed towns and villages. we asked for god's help and constructed the entire republic. >> reporter: kadarov lives with toys, private zoo, model helicopters. this is your private gym. and as we discovered an interview with him is exhausting. this is his boxing ring. you're not expecting me to get in there with you, are you? yes, he was. and he wasn't finished yet.

the russians destroyed grozny and killed an enormous at of chechens during the fight and this radicalized people and led them to jihaddism. but there is a huge ethnic and nationalist component here which is the seed bed for this anger. and if you look at where terrorism has been happening in russia, the star area for terrorism is really the caucuses. i have to ask because the u.s. state department did make this comment about americans not being specifically targeted but do you think that is a risk? are americans in some way vulnerable in a way other tourists or international visitors might not be? >> i think americans are more vulnerable anywhere they go. if you kill a nepal ease in nepal they will hear about it. maybe a short comment someplace else. if you kill an american in nepal everybody will hear about it. if you kill americans at sochi that is a phenomenal media source. a lot of terrorism is about getting attention. the right way to get attention is to kill americans. after the boston marathon bombing the two individuals linked to that had some flunks this region. and there are peo

carpet't talk about bombing grozny because you use air power in kosovo. can't talk about jailing political prisoners because you have guantÁnamo. you cannot talk about press freedom because george bush fired dan rather, right? that is exactly what he said to him once. in 2005, he said, george bush, you fire dan rather so you can talk to me about that. if you go out there and say that, americans don't really understand you. that is the way putin side. having said that, he certainly has a point to make, which is to say that they united states has avoided at times the u.n. or other ratifying types of structures for issues like the proposed strike on syria. i was with the president in st. petersburg when he was trying to get more support out of the g-20 and didn't really get what he would have liked out of that because there was great ambivalence in the international community, as there was anemic in public, by the way, and as there was obviously in the oval office. obama himself didn't want to do what he said he was going to do. the op-ed was a nice little j