The wars in Chechnya and their effects on neighboring regions

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-201

  Vendina, Olga I ^a   Belozerov, Vitaliy S ^b   Gustafson, Andrew ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b NORTH CAUCASUS FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chechnya; Clans; Corruption; Dagestan; Ingushetia; Jihadists; Kabardino Balkaria; Money laundering; North Caucasus; Russia; Russo Chechen wars; Shadow economy; Shariat; Stavropol' Kray; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEDERAL SYSTEM; POLITICAL CONFLICT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; TERRORISM; WAR;

CAUCASUS; CHECHNYA; DAGESTAN; EURASIA; INGUSHETIA; KABARDINO-BALKARIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STAVROPOL;

EID: 34247337351     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.48.2.178     Document Type: Article

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