North Caucasus

There are sign of another war in the North Caucasus looming. The situation there, no matter how optimistically portrayed in the media, is always like a blade inches from the neck. The very bad economic situation and the level of unemployment mean that at any point those fed up with this kind of life can turn to extremism. The level of corruption and the clashes between the clans bring it almost to the verge of anarchy. Now that the Interior minister of Dagestan and deputy head judge in Ingushetiya have been assassinated, a couple more of the same blunt attacks and all the hell with break lose. Russian forces will move in for 'control' and terrorists will reactivate.