Russia: In a new light

Major analysis feature. Despite customary rhetorical defiance, the Kremlin’s response to the January 2011 terrorist attack in Moscow reflects a rethink of the iron-fist approach to the civil war in the south, writes Charles Clover

ESO: Background information: Kremlin vow to hunt down group behind bomb http://www.europeansources.info/record/kremlin-vow-to-hunt-down-group-behind-bomb/

Spiegel Online International, 25.1.11: Russia Must Develop an Alternative to Islamism in the Caucasus http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,741438,00.html

Caucasian Knot: Terror acts in Moscow and Caucasus http://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru/category/terror-acts-moscow

ESO: Background information: ‘Managed nationalism’ turns nasty for Putin http://www.europeansources.info/record/managed-nationalism-turns-nasty-for-putin/

The National Interest, 24.1.11: Terror at Domodedovo http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/terror-domodedovo-4768

The National Interest, 26.1.11: Russia's Homeland Insecurity http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/russias-homeland-insecurity-4777

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