Eidman: If Kadyrov didn’t exist, Putin would have to create him
Vladimir Putin needs Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov so that “compared to him,” the Kremlin leader will appear “in…
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Moscow continues to cover up mass murder by Chechen authorities
Novaya gazeta has made continuing contributions to exposing the vicious violence of Ramzan Kadyrov’s regime against its opponents,…
Russia’s imperial crackdown on the memory of indigenous victims of deportations
Imperial nostalgia against the memory of victims In June 2017, a month after the 73d anniversary of Sürgünlik…
Profound contraction of ethnic Russians in former Soviet republics since 1989
The number of ethnic Russians in what were the non-Russian republics of the former Soviet Union has fallen…
Man accused of Putin murder plot gunned down in Kyiv, attacker might be linked to Kadyrov
Adam Osmayev and his wife Amina Okuyeva, Chechen volunteers who served in the Kyiv-2 police battalion fighting against…
Moscow planning to send 60,000 Muslim troops to Syria, Saudi newspaper says
Citing unnamed “informed sources,” a Saudi newspaper says that “Russia has prepared approximately 60,000” predominantly Sunni Muslim soldiers…
Concentration camps for gays? Fake news, claims Russian human rights official
Tatyana Moskalkova, the Russian human rights ombudsman, says that she has determined that Moscow media reports about the…
“Syrian strikes transform Trump from ‘ours’ to ‘another Hillary’”and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Kadyrov opens first concentration camp for gays since Hitler’s times
Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov has not only sponsored direct attacks on members of the LGBT community in his…
Chechnya – a bigger threat to Russia now than it was in the 1990s, Moscow paper suggests
In the 1990s, Chechnya sought independence from Moscow, and Vladimir Putin has made the suppression of that regional…
‘Islam is changing Russia rapidly and profoundly,’ Polish writer says
Last week, Muslim morals police began patrolling the streets of Moscow to warn the faithful against violating the…
On 73rd anniversary of deportation, Chechnya and Ingushetia divide on Stalin and his crimes
Seventy-three years ago today, Stalin the two Vaynakh nations, the Chechens and the Ingush, thousands of whom lost…
Ever more Russian governors forming their own military units, not just Kadyrov
Ramzan Kadyrov has gained notoriety for his formation of military units that are more under his control than…
Putin conducts his foreign policy like a special op, Melnikov says
Vladimir Putin is conducting his foreign policy like the special op of an intelligence service, reflecting both his…
‘Nobody talks about the Armenians anymore’
Adolf Hitler infamously observed that he believed that he could get away with killing the Jews of Europe…
Kadyrov may be loyal to Putin and Russia but most Chechens aren’t, activists say
Ramzan Kadyrov is widely considered “one of the rulers in the North Caucasus most loyal to Vladimir Putin,”…
Chechen and Afghan echoes of Putin’s military operation in Syria
On the first anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s decision to introduce Russian forces into the Syrian civil war on…
Russian crisis will give Chechnya another chance at independence, Bukovsky says
Twenty-five years ago today, Chechnya declared independence from the USSR. Since then, the Chechens defeated the Russian army…
Lies, corruption, war, – Russians simply don’t care
Dmitriy Florin took part in Russia’s operations in Chechnya, served in Russian militia’s special squad OMON, and worked…
Kadyrov – leading indicator of where Putin is taking Russia, Sokolov says
Today, Chechnya’s Ramzan Kadyrov is “the face of the Russian political class, the institutional basis of which is…