Ramzan Kadyrov may already have an 'exit strategy' prepared for the aftermath of his 'special relationship' with Vladimir Putin, Newsweek has been told.
showed that 51 percent of surveyed Russians would not be opposed to Russian borders excluding Chechnya.is likely have one of the biggest impacts on Chechnya's, and therefore Russia's, future, Alexseev said.
Those sympathizing with Ukraine's goals are not an organized force, Alexseev said. Many have headed to the battlefields with"long-standing grievances" and grudges against Kadyrov's brutal regime, and therefore"see the fight for Ukraine as contributing to their long-term goal of Chechen independence," he argued.
Should Russia be increasingly seen as a junior regional player, it may soon come up against renewed separatist forces in former conflict zones, experts have suggested. Nationalist fighters in areas such as Chechnya, Georgia and Moldova that could sense an"opportunity" to try and oust pro-Russian forces, Kuzio argued.
Without"completely ruling it out," Alexseev is sceptical of a third Chechen war any time soon, not least because the conditions within today's Chechnya don't entirely correspond with the state of the region as the Soviet Union collapsed. Vladimir Putin meets with Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov in Grozny on October 16, 2008 while visiting a newly built mosque. Kadyrov has long had a relationship with Vladimir Putin.They may not be the same, but Chechnya and Ukraine have long had contact. During the 1990s, in the first and second Chechen wars, Ukrainian fighters backed Chechen nationalists against Russian forces because of a"strong, deep sympathy" with a fellow quest against perceived Russian imperialism, Kuzio said.
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