The North Caucasus: Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia

[kaur]

bourbon, isn't this called balance of power?

I'd like to add to this sad thread beautiful notes. Following pictures are form Kadyrov's garage.

http://users.livejournal.com/_patrick_/3577190.html

[bourbon]

Yes, I should have used that phrase. It has been reported that Chechen oil is very lucrative for Russian Army Generals, so I can imagine there is some economic self interest in making sure Kadyrov does not get too powerful.

[kaur]

I think there is not only talk about oil. Generals deal with oli, lower ranks have their own business. For example couple weeks ago 1 OMON unit commander was arrested in Russia. His unit soldiers worked as super market security guards in Chechnya. They did this during their official working time.

Here is article in Russian - http://www.gzt.ru/print/241379.html

[kaur]

During couple summer months there have been several serious incidents. To keep this thread going I should mention:

1. assassination attempt of Jevkurov.

http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/8743/

2. killing of construction minister.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090812/155789698.html

3. bomb in police HQ.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8204670.stm

[kaur]

Here is the video from the explosion site in Nazran. Click on the picture in the right hand box.

www.1tv.ru/news/n149886

[kaur]

Ingushetia President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov has announced plans to revive there the role of “taips” – the traditional extended family organizations – in order to fight corruption and stop the continuing flow of young people into the bands of anti-government militants.

... he continues, because of another “Daghestani reality”: the dominance of older people in government institutions. In the republic’s Popular Assembly,” he points out, “there are 72 deputies. Of them only one – Gaziat Abuchov – is under 30, and only five are under 40.
In short, “older people are deciding the problems of the young.” The same pattern holds across the North Caucasus. As a result, for young people, “the path to power is practically closed.” But those who go into the forests do so because there, “it is possible to stand up now,” something the tilt toward traditional structures dominated by the old will make things worse.

http://windowoneurasia.blogspot.com/...elying-on.html