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Following last August's war in South Ossetia, Russia is battling a rise in violence across the Caucasus. Dozens of attacks and high-profile assassinations have rocked the region, from the mountains of Kabardino-Balkaria to Dagestan on the Caspian Sea. Alexander Kliment, an analyst with The Eurasia Group, believes militants are emboldened by the sense that Russia is weakened by the global financial crisis.
Writer: Matt Siegel
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