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Quote:"Nowhere in Russia is the situation so explosive as in the autonomous republic of Dagestan. An ongoing Islamist insurgency has plunged the corruption-plagued region into near civil war. Some high-ranking Russian officials believe it will take years to defeat the extremists, if it can be done at all." (unquote)
Albeit being a Russian domestic problem, Medvedey and his grey eminence Putin face another '-stan' failure. After the Soviet Union had been kicked out of Afghanistan in the 80s, the Russian Federation has been in the midst of another face-losing 'enterprise' at their outer rim.
Anarchy in Dagestan - Islamists Gain Upper Hand in Russian Republic
Seeded on Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:58 AM EDT
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