Russia’s David and Goliath, II: Nemtsov protégé Yashin writes report on Chechnya’s Kadyrov
Ilya Yashin announced yesterday on Twitter that he was in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, Russia’s restive republic…
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Yashin vs. Kadyrov: Russia’s David vs. Goliath
It was a daring move. Friends and colleagues of slain opposition politician Boris Nemtsov have many challenges in…
Yashin’s Open Letter to Kadyrov Seeks Answers to Boris Nemtsov Murder
Yesterday a prominent Russian opposition politician, Ilya Yashin, close friend and colleague of slain Boris Nemtsov published an…
Putin “played no less role” in creation of ISIS than Stalin did in rise of Nazis, Shmulyevich says
Vladimir Putin should be compared with Stalin rather than with Hitler, Avraam Shmulyevich says, not only because he…
Ukraine will not suffer the fate of Caucasus
I would like to thank Euromaidan Press for this chance to show my solidarity with Ukrainian people and contribute…
“Chechnya case”: Putin’s next show trial targets Ukrainian nationalists
Mykola Karpiuk and Stanislav Klykhh joined the long list of Kremlin’s Ukrainian political prisoners in March and August…
Putin and Kadyrov have a shared interest in avoiding a break but may not be able to
Both Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov have a deep interest in avoiding a complete break, the former because…
Another Caucasus war for Putin? Daghestan aligns with Chechnya against Russian law enforcement
Vladimir Putin’s “Kadyrov problem” just got a lot larger, so large in fact that it may ultimately cost…
How Putin’s ‘Kadyrov problem’ impacts Russia and Ukraine
Vladimir Putin’s use of Ramzan Kadyrov brought a kind of stability in the North Caucasus – professions of…
Is Putin about to begin a third Chechen war to escape Ukrainian impasse?
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s statement that his forces should attack anyone, “Muscovite or Stavropol resident,” who might appear…
Putin has lost monopoly on use of force and balance among force structures
The Putin regime has lost two things on which any state depends: a monopoly on the legitimate use…
Crisis in the Caucasus — Putin, Kadyrov and Ukraine
The hysterical reaction of Ramzan Kadyrov to the events that took place in Grozny on the eve of…
Ukrainian Crisis has split Russia just as collapse of USSR and Chechen war did – Gudkov
Lev Gudkov, the director of the Levada Center, says that the ongoing Ukrainian crisis is dividing Russian society…
Exclusive: An interview with a Chechen commander fighting for Ukraine
DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine – The leader of the Chechen volunteer battalion here says Canada, the United States and other…
Majority of Syria’s ISIS terrorists are Russian nationals & preparing to bring fight home, Moscow experts say
ISIS, led by militants from former Soviet republics are preparing to attack in Russia’s Muslim regions, Moscow experts…
Majority of Syria’s ISIS terrorists are Russian nationals & preparing to bring fight home, Moscow experts say
ISIS, led by militants from former Soviet republics are preparing to attack in Russia’s Muslim regions, Moscow experts…
Babchenko: The war in Afghanistan was hard on us, Chechnya crippled Russia, but this war will finally finish us
Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko in an exclusive interview with "GORDON" described who goes to fight in the Donbas,…
Chechens fight on both sides in Ukraine
More and more reports appear that the frozen conflicts and former combat zones in the Caucasus are becoming…
Kadyrov demands Moscow draft Chechens into Russian Army
Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechens, says that the Russian armed services must resume drafting young Chechens to…
Crimea and Chechnya differ only in that one wanted to join Russia and the other to leave, British MP says
Sir Malcolm Rifkind, chairman of the Commons Defense and Security Committee, says that the difference between Crimea and…