THE NEW DYNAMIC OF CENTRE-PERIPHERY RELATION: VLADIMIR PUTIN AND RAMZAN KAYDROV IN THE NORTH CAUCAUS
THE NEW DYNAMIC OF CENTRE-PERIPHERY RELATION: VLADIMIR PUTIN AND RAMZAN KAYDROV IN THE NORTH CAUCAUS

Summary/Abstract: The current paper dwells on the impact Chechnya has had on Russian Federation in the following years after the dismemberment of the Soviet Union. It shows how in the light of the incresing Islam extremism in the North Caucasus a series of terrorist attacks on Russian territory, and the precedents of secessionist demands of Chechens, made Russia adopt an assertive stance towards this region starting with the late 1999. Moreover, it emphasizes Putin`s federal alterations based on Russian military, as an attempt to replicate the success of the Second Chechen War. Further, it argues that Moscow`s strategic plan of combating terrorism in Chechnya, backed by its centralizing reforms, materialized through implementing the chechenization programme. Final conclusions will be drawn based on the newly-institutionalized ce

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