The Kremlin's counter-revolutionary stance is not pragmatic, and neither is it mercantilist not opportunistic.
The pause in the growth of the civil war in the North Caucsus might not last long.
Baev, Pavel K. (2011) The Latent Resonance of the Arab Revolutions in the North Caucasus. PONARS Eurasia Memo: 177. Washington, DC: George Washington University.
