The Cradle of Disintegration: Will the North Caucasus Once Again Become the Epicentre of Separatism in Russia?
Russia's failures in the war against Ukraine have sparked another round of discussion about the possibility of Russia's disintegration. One of the traditional catalysts for centrifugal tendencies in this debate is considered to be the North Caucasus. The presence of Chechen forces within the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, opposing Moscow and the Kadyrov regime, and pledging to continue the fight directly on Russian territory, further fuels such discourse.