Report launch: Who rules Chechnya next?

  • Thu, May 21, 2026 • 1:30 pm ET
  • Atlantic Council Headquarters
  • 1400 L Street NW • Floor 11
  • Washington, DC 20005

The latest report in the Atlantic Council’s Russia Tomorrow series examines four broad pathways for Chechnya as warlord leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s faces new stresses to his grip on power.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 challenged much of the common Western understanding of Russia. How can the world better understand Russia? What are the steps forward for Western policy? The Eurasia Center’s “Russia Tomorrow” series seeks to reevaluate conceptions of Russia today and better prepare for its future tomorrow.

On Thursday, May 21 at 1:30 p.m. ET, the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center will host an event launching the newest report in its pathbreaking Russia Tomorrow series examining four broad pathways for Chechnya as warlord leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s faces new stresses to his grip on power.

The latest Russia Tomorrow report, The Kadyrov question: Who rules Chechnya next? by author Marat Iliyasov, visiting assistant professor at the College of the Holy Cross, assesses how four pathways might produce different outcomes for the future of Chechnya, the Putin regime in Moscow, and the Russian Federation.

Brian Whitmore, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, moderates this hybrid report launch discussion on how power dynamics in Chechnya may shape Russia’s future.

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Speakers

Konstantin von Eggert
Russian Affairs Analyst and
Program Host, Russian Service,
Deutsche Welle

Ralph Goff
Founder,
GVG Consulting;
Former Chief of Operations for Europe and Eurasia,
Central Intelligence Agency

Marat Iliyasov
Visiting Assistant Professor,
College of the Holy Cross


Miriam Lanskoy
Senior Director, Russia and Eurasia,
National Endowment for Democracy

Moderated by

Brian Whitmore
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Eurasia Center,
Atlantic Council

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