The North Caucasus is the Key Security Challenge for President Medvedev
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Baev, Pavel K. (2008) The North Caucasus is the Key Security Challenge for President Medvedev, Eurasia Daily Monitor, 19 May.
Russia's military muscle in the North Cauicasus is strengthened, but nobody in the military leadership has any idea about fighting local wars.
Power-holders in the Caucasus know first hand that war is a continuation of politics and they are very sensitive to the weakness of the experimental division of power in Moscow.
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