Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

terrorist group in the Caucasus Mountain ranges. To begin to understand what has made this group escalate their acts of terrorism we must identify the past historical events leading up to their creation. All the efforts put in by the CRI (Chechen Republic of Ichkeria) were to create a land that was for the Muslim people. Then without any success it was later transformed in a small terrorist cells known as the group Caucasus Emirate. They gained strength and peaked in 2010-2013 and after the death of

dozens of ethnic groups within Russia who have declared since the end of the Soviet Union their right to self-rule and self-determination, the Chechens’ struggle for independence was drowned out in the cacophony of calls for independence during the 1990s. However, in a world so greatly affected by the events of September 11, 2001 and given the role of Chechen separatist groups in bombings of Russian apartment buildings in 1999 (which killed more than 300) and the hostage-taking of a Russian theater

It seems that Putin has been able to build up his power in a variety of ways throughout his political career. Even throughout power struggles, Putin had been able to prevail. What does Putin have to attribute to his rise in power, was it luck or strategy? Well according to the rhetoric of Gerschewski, there isn’t simply one solid reason or force behind the stability of an autocratic regime. Gerschewski wrote, “Today’s autocracies cannot rely (at least in the long term) entirely on their abuse of

1) The Chechens have been a thorn in the side of Russia for centuries, with constant upsurges of independence and oppression. Never the less, Chechnya was a useful thorn, located on the north slope of the Caucasus Mountains within 100 kilometres of the Caspian Sea, Chechnya is strategically vital to Russia for two reasons. First, access routes to both the Black Sea and Caspian Sea go through Chechnya, as well as oil and vital gas pipelines connecting Russia with Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. The Chechens