Chechnya: Between a Caucasian Jihad and ‘hidden’ separatism. OSW Point of View, January 2007
1. Even though Chechnya remains the most unstable republic in the Russian North Caucasus, the open armed conflict known as the Second Chechen War, which broke out in the autumn of 1999, is gradually dying down. 2. Several years ago, the conflict in Chechnya could have been characterised as a war bet...
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ftupittaei:oai:aei.pitt.edu:58307 2023-05-15T18:07:58+02:00 Chechnya: Between a Caucasian Jihad and ‘hidden’ separatism. OSW Point of View, January 2007 Falkowski, Maciej Labuszewska, Anna 2007-01 application/pdf http://aei.pitt.edu/58307/ http://aei.pitt.edu/58307/1/punkt_widzenia_13.pdf http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/policy-briefs/2007-01-15/chechnya-between-a-caucasian-jihad-and-hidden-separatism unknown http://aei.pitt.edu/58307/1/punkt_widzenia_13.pdf Falkowski, Maciej (2007) Chechnya: Between a Caucasian Jihad and ‘hidden’ separatism. OSW Point of View, January 2007. UNSPECIFIED, Warsaw. Russia Other NonPeerReviewed 2007 ftupittaei 2019-06-03T20:02:52Z 1. Even though Chechnya remains the most unstable republic in the Russian North Caucasus, the open armed conflict known as the Second Chechen War, which broke out in the autumn of 1999, is gradually dying down. 2. Several years ago, the conflict in Chechnya could have been characterised as a war between Chechen separatists and the government of the Russian Federation. However, the nature of the conflict has changed significantly over the last four or five years. 3. Even though the intensity of fighting in Chechnya has abated in recent years, the conflict has spilt over to the other Caucasus republics such as Ingushetia, Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria. As a result, this is presently not so much a Chechen conflict as a regional clash between the authorities and the Caucasian (including Chechen) Islamists. 4. The Chechen militants are weaker now, and the conflict has changed from a struggle for national liberation into a fight for the Islamic cause; but this does not mean that Russia has ultimately solved the problem of Chechen separatism. Text Russian North University of Pittsburgh: Archive of European Integration (AEI) Chechen ENVELOPE(-172.850,-172.850,64.367,64.367) |
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1. Even though Chechnya remains the most unstable republic in the Russian North Caucasus, the open armed conflict known as the Second Chechen War, which broke out in the autumn of 1999, is gradually dying down. 2. Several years ago, the conflict in Chechnya could have been characterised as a war between Chechen separatists and the government of the Russian Federation. However, the nature of the conflict has changed significantly over the last four or five years. 3. Even though the intensity of fighting in Chechnya has abated in recent years, the conflict has spilt over to the other Caucasus republics such as Ingushetia, Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria. As a result, this is presently not so much a Chechen conflict as a regional clash between the authorities and the Caucasian (including Chechen) Islamists. 4. The Chechen militants are weaker now, and the conflict has changed from a struggle for national liberation into a fight for the Islamic cause; but this does not mean that Russia has ultimately solved the problem of Chechen separatism. |
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