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ISIS: a Threat to the Greater Caucasus

... 2010, Doku Umarov broke with some warlords of Chechnya). However, these splits took place inside the region and occurred without interference from powerful external forces (even remotely matching the Islamic State). www.bustle.com Ekaterina Stepanova: North Caucasus — a Wall Against or a Bridge for IS? Traces of the Islamic State in Georgia and in Azerbaijan Georgia faces a certain degree of influence from the Islamic State as well. So, Abu Omar al-Shishani aka Abu Omar the Chechen, as he is often referred to in the Russian media, is very close to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. His real name ...

09.11.2015

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Russia and Georgia against Radical Islamism: Common Threats and Opportunities for Cooperation

... are quite pressing in the Russian North Caucasus (especially Dagestan, Ingushetia, Chechnya) and northern Georgia (the Pankisi Gorge). Terrorism and Russian-Georgian Border Zone Security The importance of the North Caucasus for the Greater Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the North Caucasus) geopolitical configuration is hard to overestimate. The prospects for improving Russian-Georgian relations are largely dependent on dynamics in the North Caucasus which is the most unstable region of Russia. Despite a decrease in the total ...

06.06.2014

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