Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Kazenin Konstantin Author-Name-First: Konstantin Author-Name-Last: Kazenin Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Starodubrovskaya Irina Author-Name-First: Irina Author-Name-Last: Starodubrovskaya Author-Workplace-Name: RANEPA Title: North Caucasus in 2018: factors of changes Abstract: This article deals with a brief evaluation of developments in the regions of North Caucasus in 2018 as they can be regarded as indicators of significant changes in that part of the country. Such developments include personnel changes in the government of Dagestan where for the first time in the post-Soviet period key positions in the region were taken by officials who never worked in that republic, as well as large-scale public activities in Ingushetia over the issue of the region’s borders. Classification-JEL: H11, H70, H77 Keywords: Russian economy, North Caucasus Creation-Date: 2019 Revision-Date: 2019 Length: 6 pages File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/ppaper-2019-980.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised Version, 2019 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:ppaper-2019-980