" It reflects "growing fear among the non-Russian republics that Mr. Boris Yeltsin's White House -- the Russian parliament -- is as great a threat to their sovereignty as the Kremlin.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

The Tallinn Process, as the negotiations have been dubbed, reflects growing fear among the non-Russian republics that Mr Boris Yeltsin's White House - the Russian parliament - is as great a threat to their sovereignty as the Kremlin.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Almost 20 years and two brutal wars later, the republic finds itself ruled by Ramzan Kadyrov, a Kremlin-backed strongman with his own small army and a great deal of autonomy.

ECONOMIST: Russia and its regions