title: Kremlin's 'War on Terrorism' in the Northeastern Caucasus: How Chechnya Still 'Saves' Russia
abstract: This article discusses Russia’s struggle to combat disintegration in the Northeastern Caucasus—one of the country’s most turbulent regions in terms of religious extremism, criminal violence, and radically different social processes—in light of its politics in Chechnya. With the beginning of the Second Chechen War (August 1999) and a series of dubious terrorist attacks in Russia in September 1999, Vladimir Putin rose to power, displaying an uncompromising stance against terrorism and post-Soviet 
journal: Connections The Quarterly Journal