North Caucasus poses problems for Medvedev http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSL2810485720080205?sp=true
Tue Feb 5, 2008
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Smart cars purr along the streets of Moscow and French chefs run glitzy restaurants in thriving Russian mining towns, but in the impoverished regions of Ingushetia and Dagestan people live on a few dollars a day.
Eight years of oil-backed economic growth under President Vladimir Putin have failed to touch these volatile regions in the North Caucasus and they are likely to pose a major challenge for Dmitry Medvedev, the man Putin wants to succeed him. http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSL2810485720080205?sp=true