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The active anti-terror operation that took place in Chechnya in 1999-2000 involved approximately 80,000 Russian troops and cost the Russian government billions of dollars to raise its economy from the ashes. By comparison, Chechnya is nearly ten times smaller than the area controlled by ISIS. The Islamic ...
... Caucasus can be generally described as the failure of the federal centre policy. Already at the beginning of the 90's, some serious mistakes have been made. So, in 1994, during the first Chechen war, which lasted until 1996, the decision to send troops to Chechnya was determined by a decree of the president of the Russian Federation. Nevertheless, this decision did not meet all the constitutional provisions, which was the basis for the State Duma to question the legitimacy of the presidential decree. With ...
... how another ‘Russian’ leader is portrayed, in reference to both masculinity and international politics. Over the past few weeks the British press have covered two stories on Kadyrov – the first being Gerard Depardieu’s visit to Chechnya; the second Kadyrov’saccount on the internet photo-sharing site instagram. These stories were picked up by a broad cross-section of the press, from the right-wing ‘tabloid’ Daily Mail to the centrist, ‘broadsheet’ ...
... Sea offers a route to Turkey, Ukraine, the Balkans, and through the Turkish straits to the Mediterranean world. In consequence, the North Caucasus has a geographical key position. In the region, mineral resources are present, mainly the oil fields in Chechnya opened in the twentieth century. The North Caucasus region International Crisis Group Europe Report N.221 (1) The different regions of the North Caucasus are Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan,...
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