The year ahead could see the outbreak of the third Chechen war, which, in turn, could be the death knell of the Russian Federation in its current borders.If, as is imaginable, Russia dismembers itself later this century – the way the Soviet Union did in 1991 – it will largely be a consequence of President Vladimir Putin’s policies.Putin came to power in the 1990s, when civil war broke out in Chechnya, a constituent republic of Russia in the North Caucasus.The first Chechen war, between 1994 and 1996, was ignited by Muslim rebels demanding independence from Moscow.A second war started in …read more
Source: AsiaOne
