North Caucasus ...
This edition focuses on recent trends in the Russian North Caucasus. Firstly, Sufian N. Zhemukhov examines the factors that have led to the decline in importance of the Caucasus Emirate in the region. Secondly, Ekaterina Sokirianskaia assesses the drivers that have enabled Ramzan Kadyrov to turn Che...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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ETH Zurich
2019
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000355527 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/355527 |
| Summary: | This edition focuses on recent trends in the Russian North Caucasus. Firstly, Sufian N. Zhemukhov examines the factors that have led to the decline in importance of the Caucasus Emirate in the region. Secondly, Ekaterina Sokirianskaia assesses the drivers that have enabled Ramzan Kadyrov to turn Chechnya into a totalitarian enclave with special status within the Russian Federation, noting the key role of his personal relationship to Vladimir Putin. Thirdly, Ian Lanzillotti analyses why Kabardino-Balkaria has been spared the major interethnic violence that has afflicted other Republics of the North Caucasus, highlighting the impact of late-Soviet modernization processes, which the Balkar communities experienced on a relatively equal basis vis-a-vis the Kabardian population. ... : In dieser Ausgabe werden die neusten Trends im russischen Nordkaukasus betrachtet. Zunächst untersucht Sufin N. Zhemukhov die Faktoren, die zur sinkenden Bedeutung des Kaukasus-Emirats beitrugen. Anschliessend bewertet Ekaterina Sokirianskaia die Treiber, die es Ramzan Kadyrov ermöglichten, Tschetschenien innerhalb Russland in eine totalitäre Enklave mit Sonderstatus zu verwandeln. Abschliessend analysiert Ian Lanzillotti, weshalb Kabardino-Balkarien von den interethnischen Gewaltausbrüchen verschont blieb, die andere Republiken des Nordkaukasus heimsuchten. ... |
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