Comparing and Contrasting the Wars in Chechnya neighboring regions”, p.180). Many critics cite ethnic separatism or economic independence as the reason for the passionate Chechen secessionist movement, but political pressure from radical supporters of Chechen leaders is probably a more accurate explanation. Yeltsin and Putin had different political reasons for their wars in Chechnya, but the Chechen opposition also changed between the two wars, from a Chechen rebel state to individual Chechen warlords and groups. In particular, Russian leaders were implementing a policy of containment in Chechnya, while Chechen leaders were moving from demanding Chechen independence to being instruments of Russian efforts to contain the conflict in Chechnya. The main difference between the two wars was the catalyst for the war, but the underlying reasons for the war were very similar. President Boris Yeltsin decided to invade Chechnya due to the perceived need to demonstrate that the Russian government was strong and capable of suppressing Chechnya. such an uprising. Yeltsin had a political program in which the priority was to establish a federal state in which local governments would assume a greater role than the former Soviet state (Hughes, “From Federalization to Recentralization,” p. 129). Yeltsin decentralized power by granting more legislative powers to regional governments, but Yeltsin still needed political support from regional governors to pass legislation in the upper house of the Duma (Zhuravskaya, “Federalism in Russia,” p. 61 ). Yeltsin therefore began to make selective concessions to the cautious middle-of-the-paper position. Ramzan Kadyrov's strong military presence and the disappearance of extremist warlords are both helping to reduce violence in Chechnya, but the conflict is instead spreading to the greater North Caucasus. Russian actors were working to contain Chechen crime and instability in Chechnya and Chechen actors went from fighting for independence to being puppets of the Russian government. However, the different catalysts of the two wars – the first being a response to a declaration of independence and the second being a response to terrorism – constitute the most significant differences when it comes to determining the causality of the wars. "Vendina, Belozerov and Gustafson, “The wars in Chechnya and their effects on neighboring regions” Hughes, “From federalization to recentralization” Zhuravskaya, “Federalism in Russia”

Essay / Comparing and Contrasting the Wars in Chechnya neighboring regions”, p.180). Many critics cite ethnic separatism or economic independence as the reason for the passionate Chechen secessionist movement, but political pressure from radical supporters of Chechen leaders is probably a more accurate explanation. Yeltsin and Putin had different political reasons for their wars in Chechnya, but the Chechen opposition also changed between the two wars, from a Chechen rebel state to individual Chechen warlords and groups. In particular, Russian leaders were implementing a policy of containment in Chechnya, while Chechen leaders were moving from demanding Chechen independence to being instruments of Russian efforts to contain the conflict in Chechnya. The main difference between the two wars was the catalyst for the war, but the underlying reasons for the war were very similar. President Boris Yeltsin decided to invade Chechnya due to the perceived need to demonstrate that the Russian government was strong and capable of suppressing Chechnya. such an uprising. Yeltsin had a political program in which the priority was to establish a federal state in which local governments would assume a greater role than the former Soviet state (Hughes, “From Federalization to Recentralization,” p. 129). Yeltsin decentralized power by granting more legislative powers to regional governments, but Yeltsin still needed political support from regional governors to pass legislation in the upper house of the Duma (Zhuravskaya, “Federalism in Russia,” p. 61 ). Yeltsin therefore began to make selective concessions to the cautious middle-of-the-paper position. Ramzan Kadyrov's strong military presence and the disappearance of extremist warlords are both helping to reduce violence in Chechnya, but the conflict is instead spreading to the greater North Caucasus. Russian actors were working to contain Chechen crime and instability in Chechnya and Chechen actors went from fighting for independence to being puppets of the Russian government. However, the different catalysts of the two wars – the first being a response to a declaration of independence and the second being a response to terrorism – constitute the most significant differences when it comes to determining the causality of the wars. "Vendina, Belozerov and Gustafson, “The wars in Chechnya and their effects on neighboring regions” Hughes, “From federalization to recentralization” Zhuravskaya, “Federalism in Russia”

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