Russia Future Watch – IV. Growing Rifts Between Moscow and Dagestan (Umar Hitinav, Zarema Gasanova – The Jamestown Foundation)

Protests against Russia’s war against Ukraine have been larger in Dagestan than in any other entity in the Russian Federation. onscription of young men to fight in Ukraine is perceived as a threat to national identity. Colonization of Dagestan by the Russian empire continued under the Soviets and the Russian Federation, and resentment of Moscow’s denial of any level of sovereignty for Dagestan is growing. Resistance to the Kremlin occupation of Dagestan started after the collapse of the Soviet Union, presenting a multi-layered phenomenon with both national liberation elements and religious roots in Islam.

Russia Future Watch – IV. Growing Rifts Between Moscow and Dagestan – Jamestown