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In theory, this time Russia should remain as the major power in its region. Throughout the year, despite its own economic spasms, Moscow devoted huge amounts of money to their impoverished post-Soviet neighbors, seeking to ensure their loyalty in the long term and restrict the influence of the West in the region. But the neighbors seem to have other [...]

The war in Chechnya is over. The Kremlin will sign a decree on March 31 that would end the so-called ‘anti-terrorist operation’ in the area that began in October 1999 with the Russian incursion into Chechnya. Russia said it only wanted to neutralize the bandits that were holed up in Chechnya’s mountains. Kremlin justified the war as a campaign [...]