Jamestown Foundation Issues Commentary: Giving North Caucasus Veterans Land in Homelands Could Trigger Conflict
January 30, 2026
January 30, 2026
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on Jan. 29, 2026, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor:
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Giving North Caucasus Veterans Land in Homelands Could Trigger Conflict
By Paul Goble
Executive Summary:
* Programs giving land to North Caucasian veterans of Russia's war against Ukraine in the North Caucasus are exacerbating ethnic tensions in those land-short republics, especially in cases wh . . .
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Giving North Caucasus Veterans Land in Homelands Could Trigger Conflict
By Paul Goble
Executive Summary:
* Programs giving land to North Caucasian veterans of Russia's war against Ukraine in the North Caucasus are exacerbating ethnic tensions in those land-short republics, especially in cases wh . . .