An introduction to the situation in the North Caucasus

... the reliance of Russia on pro-Moscow Chechen clans. Since the end of the second war, Russia’s effort to rebuild the devastated region has been significant but undermined by the corruption plaguing Chechnya. (6) Another important conflict in North Caucasus appeared in Ingushetia. Just as Chechens, Ingushs are mainly Muslim and originally organized around clans. During the Soviet era, Ingushetia was part of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic, which when the Union collapsed were divided into Ingushetia and Chechnya,...