Delyagin is a friend of Kagarlitsky, isn't he? I mean left-wing in the economic sense of the term -- he's in Rodina, which is sort-of Keynesian economically and nationalist. (This is usually what "left" means in Russia.)
Afghanistan is a close parallel -- destruction of infrastructure accompanied by the growth of armed bands that rule whatever economy still exists. In Afghanistan, the bands were the former Mujaheedin; in Chechnya, they are the former anti-Russian fighters.
sartesian <sartesian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Read the Delyagin. Must say that if Delyagin is a "left-winger," the right wing must be to the right of John C. Calhoun and Albert Speers.
The information provided by Delyagin quite is the result of the deconstruction of the economy, its warlordization, and bears striking similarities to conditions in Afghanistan, Nigeria, even Iraq.
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Hey, I did manage to find something in English on the Chechen economy in 2002 by Mikahil Delyagin. (Delyagin is a left-wing quasi-Keynesian economist who looks kind of like a chipmunk.)