SOCHI Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday replaced a former businessman with a military general as his envoy to the North Caucasus region, signalling a more hawkish approach to battling an Islamist insurgency there.
As part of a reshuffle that appeared to be aimed to tighten control over the volatile North Caucasus, Putin also created a new government ministry to oversee the heavily Muslim region on Russia's southern border.
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