Ethnic Russians Flee the North Caucasus

Author(s): Oleg Tsvetkov
Editor(s): Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 7
Pages: 9-12
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2006

Russians have been leaving the North Caucasus since before the collapse of the Soviet Union. At the same time, the local population has been expanding rapidly. The result is a growing divide between the North Caucasus and the rest of Russia, where anti-Caucasus sentiments are increasing. Kremlin policies, such as relying on the local elites, have not improved the situation.

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