Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name:Irina Starodubrovskaya Author-Name-First: Irina Author-Name-Last: Starodubrovskaya Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: The North Caucasus in 2013: the conflicts are escalating Abstract: The most obvious feature of the situation in the North Caucasus during last year was the disturbance of the fragile balance which had apparently begun to form in the preceding period, the escalation of existing conflicts and the emergence of new ones, including those related to resources. What was the cause of this escalation? What are its possible consequences? How does all this affect the economic situation in the region? These are the key questions which the authors aim to answer in this paper. Length: 9 pages Creation-Date: 2014 Revision-Date: 2014 Classification-JEL: R10, R11, R12, R13, R14 Keywords: North Caucasus, Dagestan Republic File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/200Starodubrovskaya.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2014 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:200