The Chechen wars : will Russia go the way of the Soviet Union? /

Russian presidents Yeltsin and Putin justified their invasions of Chechnya as necessary to prevent a breakup of the Russian Federation. Evangelista challenges these justifications by exploring the sources of both wars and the implications for Russia's internal coherence and international standi...

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Autore principale: Evangelista, Matthew, 1958-
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ©2002.
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/j.ctvbj7g98
Sommario:
  • Yeltsin's War
  • No war, no peace
  • Putin's war
  • Regions at risk?
  • Dictatorship of law
  • War crimes and Russia's international standing
  • Russia and the West after September 11.