E64: Neil Hauer on Ingushetia's Protests

Today the show welcomes back Neil Hauer, a security analyst focused on Russia, the North Caucasus, and Syria. Neil was recently in Ingushetia, and he witnessed some of the protests against a controversial agreement to hand over nearly a tenth of the republic to Chechnya.So what did we talk about in this interview? Neil gave some background on Ingushetia’s territorial losses over the past century, explaining why the agreement with Chechnya today has touched such a nerve. He also explained how wild-man Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov fits into all this, and talked about what this means for the entire North Caucasus. And of course he shared some observations from on the ground, having visited the epicenter of what was probably Russia’s most surprising, if under-reported, protest movements in the past six years.Follow Neil on Twitter here:https://twitter.com/NeilPHauer Support this very podcast here:www.patreon.com/kevinrothrockMusic:“Polyushka Polye” by The Red Army Choir, www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2YlbiyiuMcОлег Анофриев, Бременские музыканты, “Говорят, мы бяки-буки,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-3wC7gkMDQ“Your Health,” Soyuzmultfilm, 1965, Ivan Aksenchuk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFKxyA81TtMSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/kevinrothrock)