The economic crisis in the Russian Federation has resulted in the central government further tightening its control over the republics of the North Caucasus. Ingushetia now faces a loss of its financial autonomy. Similarly, the property rights for a key tourist enterprise in Kabardino-Balkaria have been handed over to a federally owned company. In perhaps the most notable sign of this trend, Interior Ministry Colonel General Sergei Melikov has been appointed as the new governor of Dagestan.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has instructed the authorities of Ingushetia to prepare a plan to increase solvency and to conclude an agreement with the Ministry of Finance in Moscow to transfer part of the rep…
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