RUSSIAN ARMY CEASES CONSCRIPTION IN DAGESTAN
Russian Army Ceases Conscription in Dagestan by Emil Souleimanov (11/28/2012 issue of the CACI Analyst) In recent years, Moscow has considerably been reducing the share of conscripts to the Russian...
View ArticleDagestan's Commission For Rehabilitation Of Rebel Fighters: A Failed Experiment?
by Huseyn Aliyev (the 02/20/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst) The escalation of insurgency-related violence in Dagestan, in conjunction with the authorities’ inability to deal with the increase in...
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View ArticleDagestan: Local Leader To Select Format For Gubernatorial Elections
by Kevin Daniel Leahy (04/03/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst) In light of the mass anti-government street protests witnessed by Moscow in late 2011, Russia’s then-President, Dmitri Medvedev, proposed...
View ArticleCACI Analyst, April 3, 2013
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View ArticleMopping Up Gimry: "Zachistkas" Reach Dagestan
by Emil Souleimanov (04/17/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst) In the early hours of April 11, a group of spetsnaz, Russian elite forces, came under fire in the vicinity of Gimry, a large village located...
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View ArticleAttacks In Dagestan Suggest Inefficiency Of Administrative Changes
by Valeriy Dzutsev (06/12/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst) Hopes for improvement of the security situation in Dagestan gradually dissipate as attacks intensify in the republic. In spite of an...
View ArticleWhat Does Amirov's Arrest Imply For Dagestan?
by Emil Souleimanov (06/26/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst) On June 1, Makhachkala’s mayor Said Amirov was arrested and transported to Moscow by a military helicopter. The unexpected arrest of the...
View ArticleCACI Analyst, June 26, 2013
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View ArticleMoscow's Appointment of Governors in the North Caucasus
By Valeriy Dzutsev (the 13/11/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst) One by one, the North Caucasian republics are declining direct elections of governors, instead sticking to the appointment procedure by the...
View ArticleDagestan's New Administrative Division Reflects Governance Crisis
By Valeriy Dzutsev (the 11/12/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst) In a surprise move, Dagestan’s President Ramazan Abdulatipov has decreed to divide the republic into four sub-regions, each of which will...
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View ArticleAzerbaijanis Volunteer in Syria Conflict
By Emil Souleimanov (the 05/02/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) Recently, frequent media reports of Azerbaijani citizens involved in the Syrian civil war have sparked a renewed interest in the possible...
View ArticleMoscow's Divide and Rule Policy in Dagestan Results in Much Divide but Little...
By Valeriy Dzutsev (10/29/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) Moscow’s new envoy to the North Caucasus, Sergei Melikov, is flexing his administrative muscles and challenging Dagestan’s Head, Ramazan...
View ArticleDagestan’s Jihadists and Haram Targeting
By Emil Souleimanov (02/18/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) The recent attacks in Paris against the studio of satirical journal Charlie Hebdo, known for its caricatures of Muhammad, have sparked heated...
View ArticleCACI Analyst, February 18, 2015
CACI Analyst, February 18, 2015 (.pdf) Contents Analytical Articles GYUMRI MURDERS THREATEN TO DISRUPT ARMENIA’S RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA, by Eduard Abrahamyan SANCTIONS, ENERGY PRICES, AND RUBLE...
View ArticleDagestan’s Insurgents Split over Loyalties to Caucasus Emirate and IS
By Emil Souleimanov (04/15/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) Recent months have been hectic for Dagestani jihadists. Since mid-2014, this hotbed of the North Caucasian insurgency has witnessed a gradual...
View ArticleCaucasus Emirate Faces Further Decline after the Death of Its Leader
By Emil Aslan Souleimanov (04/29/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) On April 19, 2015, the Caucasus Emirate’s leader Aliaskhab Kebekov, nom de guerre Ali Abu Mukhammad, was killed in a special operation...
View ArticleCACI Analyst, April 15, 2015
CACI Analyst, April 15, 2015 ContentsAnalytical ArticlesCHINA AND PAKISTAN PREPARE TO ESTABLISH ECONOMIC CORRIDOR, by Ghulam AliDAGESTAN'S INSURGENTS SPLIT OVER LOYALTIES TO CAUCASUS EMIRATE AND IS,...
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