Download or read book Russia's Policies in the Caucasus written by Pavel Baev and published by Chatham House (Formerly Riia). This book was released on 1997 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caucasus is one of the priority areas in Russian policy, and Russia's impact on developments there is in many cases decisive. Since 1990 Yeltsin's policy has been neither consistent nor really successful--Chechenia represents the most serious failure. The author examines the evolution of the main strands of Russian diplomatic, military and economic policy towards the three Caucasian states as well as towards the North Caucasian republics of the Russian Federation.