If Ramzan Kadyrov, the powerful leader of Chechnya were taken out by a rival tribal faction then Putin would lose control of the Russian Federation

 Wagner Groups' Prigozhin asassination by Putin is par for the course but what about an assassination of Ramzan Kadyrov, the powerful leader of Chechnya, not by Putin but by a rival Chechnyan tribal faction protesting their people being sent to Ukraine as cannon fodder. It would deal a major blow to Vladimir Putin's control over the Russian Federation in suppressing dissent and the recruitment of fresh soldiers. And it would damage Putin’s control of other Federation Leaders who would see from Chechnya's example that blind obedience to him may not be a sure path to one’s self preservation. It would cause a dissolution of the Russian Federation and a target of opportunity for Xi Jinping sensing #PutinIsALoser that there are easy pickings for him to enlarge China’s hegemony.