Chechnya after the war and the reconstruction process: a stable country or the Kremlin's next failure?
Journal: Florida International University Digital Commons (Florida International University)
Year: 2018

Chechnya is a strategic country for Russia because it is located in the North Caucasus, a region considered at the same time a barrier and a bridge between Europe and Asia. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union Chechnya and the entire North Caucasus have been affected by political, sociocultural and economic problems exploded in local con- flicts and insurgency. This paper firstly gives an overview of the Russian – Chechen relations during the last centuries with the purpose to understand the r