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...poll result may do little to speed things up, in fact. "The elections have not made any impact whatsoever. Everything that was will remain the same, they were just a game," says Alexei Malashenko, a scholar-in-residence at Moscow's Carnegie Institute. He points out that Kokoity has not only the support of his own Unity party, but also that of the only other two parties in South Ossetia's 34-seat legislature, the communists and the People's Party. The only democratic opposition is outside parliament altogether...
...Despite the momentous budget allocated to repairs, Alan's relatives have had to spend their own funds to fix their homes. Many other locals spent the winter in roofless apartments, or even camped in their courtyards. "The region has always been an economic black hole," said Malashenko. "Its future has nothing to do with Kokoity, but with Russia and its relationship with the other Caucasian territories." (Read: "Russia and Ukraine Battle Over Their Shared History...
...analysts in Moscow warn that the insurgency problem in the region is far from finished, and express concern that the decision gives even more control to the heavy-handed Kadyrov. "It's not a victory for Moscow, it's a compromise," says Alexei Malashenko, an analyst at the Carnegie Moscow Center. "For Russia, it's necessary to save the money spent on assistance to Chechnya because of the [economic] crisis. For Kadyrov, he now has the chance to become a dictator." (See pictures of Putin's patriotic youth camp...
...full-scale customs operation. This will not only attract investment, but also, experts say, allow Kadyrov to export and import capital and travel as he pleases, giving him more independence from Moscow. "Ramzan [Kadyrov] knows he can make a lot of money with Chechnya as part of Russia," says Malashenko. "But he wants it to be special, like a foreign country within Russia's borders...
...Alexei Malashenko, a scholar in residence at Moscow's Carnegie Institute, warns against making any kind of political link even though "a lot of people have died, and those people were Kadyrov's opponents." He says, "Kadyrov has made it clear on several occasions that he is not responsible, and maybe directly he isn't, but his supporters do have his interests at heart." Some of the crimes appear to be examples of the Caucasus' tradition of blood revenge, where a relative of an enemy is as much a target as the enemy himself - a tradition that may have been...