The Rise, Fall and Future of Jihad in the North Caucasus
Aleksandre Kvakhadze
4 April 201912 Minute Read
A group of young people on Muhammad Ali Avenue in Grozny, Chechnya in October 2018. Chechnya is among the most economically weak federal subjects in Russia, which depends greatly on budget transfers from Moscow. This, combined with its high birth rate, me
Since the beginning of armed conflict in Syria and Iraq, thousands of militants from the Caucasus region have participated in the war. However, dislodging Daesh and a collapse of the insurgency in the North Caucasus have substantially diminished the capacities of North Caucasian jihadi groups. Nevertheless, militancy in the region has potential.
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