Campana, Aurélie and Kathia Légaré
2010
Russia's Counterterrorism Operation in Chechnya: Institutional Competition and Issue Frames
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
34
1
47-63
This article analyzes how Russian Federal policies evolved between 1999 and 2005 to justify the policy of “Chechenization” and the legitimization of an autocratic-style regime in Chechnya. It argues that this strategy was progressively elaborated during the conflict as a result of institutional competition between three main Federal agencies (the Presidential Administration, the secret services (FSB)), and the military over the framing of the conflict. This process paved the way for the formation of the “totalizing frame” under the leadership of the Kremlin, which incorporated various discursive constructions into one coherent and exclusive interpretation of the conflict.
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