* There is however an exception in the North Caucasus. It is Chechnya. Compare two neighbouring regions Chechnya and Dagestan. Chechnya has 1,5 million people, Dagestan has 3,1 million. Despite being just about 2 times more populous than Chechnya it has 40 times more casualties pic.twitter.com/n0XNXrBWM3

— Kamil Galeev (@kamilkazani) May 30, 2022