%0 Journal Article
%T ˇ°The current trend of the Kremlin is to rather formally distance itself from the North Caucasusˇ±, Interview with Dr. Emil Souleimanov , Charles University, Prague.
%J Caucasian Review of International Affairs
%D 2010
%I 
%X CRIA: Can you contextualize the recent surge in violence in the North Caucasus, especially in Daghestan and Ingushetia.Souleimanov: In my understanding, the ongoing violence in the North Caucasus can be understood as an outcome of the continuous intermingling of ethnic nationalism, religious fundamentalism (some call it ˇ°Jihadismˇ± and militant Islam) and customary law of the mountainous Caucasus.In other words, some North Caucasians found themselves in the resistance movement because of their ethno-separatist aspirations ¨C their desire to free their homeland, to make it independent on Moscow, to establish nation states. This was especially the case in Chechnya in the last decade.
%K North Caucasus
%K Chechnya
%K Jihadism
%K Avars
%K Ingushetia
%U http://cria-online.org/10_9.html