NORTH CAUCASUS TINDERBOX HIGHLIGHTS POWER STRUGGLES AMONG RUSSIAN ELITE

In early October, Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov declared a blood feud against three federal lawmakers – two Dagestani and an Ingush deputy – whom he accused of planning his assassination. The dispute is tied to control over the Russian Wildberries e-commerce website, which had been wrested by forces backed by the Dagestani and Ingush deputies against Kadyrov’s allies, culminating in a deadly shootout at the company’s Moscow headquarters.