Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Islamisation of the Chechen Separatist Movement
@article{Wilhelmsen2005BetweenAR, title={Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Islamisation of the Chechen Separatist Movement}, author={Julie Wilhelmsen}, journal={Europe-Asia Studies}, year={2005}, volume={57}, pages={35 - 59} }
THE CONFLICT IN CHECHNYA and its consequences are among the most serious challenges currently facing Russia-draining the country of valuable human and material resources, impeding democratic development and contributing to stall military reform. The most dramatic consequence of the nearly ten-year conflict is perhaps the radicalisation and Islamisation of parts of the separatist movement, with international Islamist organisations apparently gaining a foothold on Russian territory. One can get…
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