Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Land Shortages in North Caucasus Make Prospect of Regional Amalgamation Frightening, Uspanov Says
Paul Goble
Staunton, November 6 – Rapid population growth and rural overpopulation in many parts of the North Caucasus mean that any changes in republic borders or the amalgamation of them with predominantly Russian regions would inevitably lead to violent explosions, according to Beslan Uspanov, editor of the Kavkazskaya politikaportal.
In the course of an extensive interview with Lina Sarimova of Kazan’s RealnoVremya portal, the Caucasus expert discusses the ways in which shortages of land interact with republic borders in increasingly explosive ways (realnoevremya.ru/articles/119018-intervyu-s-beslanom-uspanovym-o-kbr-i-dagestane). Read more
