MAJ Michael Fraizer Rebuilding Chechnya Восстановление Чечни

2 Agenda Purpose and Orientation Historical Overview Traditional Economy Collapse and Turmoil ( ) Rebuilding begins Current Economy Shadow Economy Future of Chechnya Conclusion (В конце кноцов) of 18

3 Purpose The purpose of this presentation is to help the audience understand the rebuilding economy of Chechnya. of 18 Dagestan Georgia Stavropol Ingushetiya North Ossetia Dagestan

4 Historical Overview of BCE Chechen tribes migrate north from the ancient kingdoms that are now Eastern Turkey, Iraq, and Syria Ivan IV The Terrible conquers the Volga River – first Tsar to explore the North Caucasus Catherine the Great and Prince Potemkin. The first Gazavat begins under Sheikh Mansur Aleksandr I, Yermolov, Dadi Yurt. Sheikh Shamil The Great Gazavat 1865 Crimean War Albik Hajji The Lesser Gazavat Revolution. GEN Denikin Анто́н Ива́нович Дени́кин Stalin ,000 or 3% Mass deportations Beria 3,000? 1953 Stalin is dead Khrushchev Return to the Caucasus

5 Collapse and Turmoil Glasnost Gorbachaev Yelstin Johar Dudayev First Chechen War Aslan Maskhadov of 18 Михаи́л Серге́евич Горбачёв Борис Николаевич Ельцин Джохар Мусаевич Дудаев Аслан Алиевич Масхадов Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

6 Security and Rebuilding The Second Chechen War Pro-Russian regime Putin Akhmad Kadyrov Alu Alkhanov Ramzan Kadyrov Federal Program #844 drafted 2000, refined 2004 of 18 Ахмат Абдулхамидович Кадыров Рамзан Ахмадович Кадыров

7 Economy Oil & Natural gas* Retail / wholesale Construction materials –Minerals and lumber Agriculture –Cattle and sheep for meat and dairy products –Fruits and vegetables –Wine –Tobacco –Rice –Honey of 18

Russian Oil Basins

Oil and Gas Infrastructure

State Budget Финансы - Finances Gratis transfers Nontaxable Taxable Incoming budgetOutgoing budget Жилищно-Коммунальное Хозяйство

11 Current Events of billion rubles as tax Hydro Power Stations to Be Built by Slovenias RIKO GROUP Limited Liability Company Rise in employment to 31% Chechen construction industry is being revived Kadyrov Mosque opened in Grozny www. chechnyafree.ru

Kadyrov Mosque The Heart of Chechnya

13 Shadow Economy of 18 History of banditry Lawlessness of the 1990s –Open international border –Vast natural resources –Liquidation of military hardware Up to 80% of economy is informal –Thus, according to President Ramzan Kadyrov, the locals only benefit from the republics oil industry is derived from the illicit sale and processing of oilroughly 1,500 tons of oil are lost each day in Chechnya, funneled off and sold without proper licensing (Ramzan, 2007).

14 The Future of Chechnya Pro-Russian government Secular separatists Islamic extremist separatists Oil and Gas Capacity Economic planning from Moscow of 18

Conclusion (В конце кноцов) 300 years of conflict 1990s resulted in a complete loss of infrastructure Current leadership provides security – at a high cost, but is making progress toward rebuilding infrastructure 15of 18

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