Russian-Chechen wars

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Russian convicted over Putin critic’s murder pardoned after fighting in Ukraine

Sergei Khadzhikurbanov who was given 20-year prison sentence Russia in 2014 for his role in assassinating the investigative journalist is now pardoned after he fought in Ukraine and remains in Russia's army.

byYuri Zoria

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North Caucasus expert: Moscow’s actions in Abkhazia and Chechnya justify fears about ‘Steinmeier formula’

Those in Ukraine and elsewhere who fear that the Steinmeier plan will end by becoming the Putin plan…

byPaul A. Goble

Chechen activists having completed their march from Strasbourg to Geneva to attract attention to the Chechen cause and seek justice and the rule of law for their nation in front of the United Nations Headquarters building in Geneva, Switzerland. September 6, 2019. Photo: thechechenpress.com

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Chechens complete ‘March for the Supremacy of Law and Justice’ at UN HQ in Geneva

A month ago, on the 23rd anniversary of the liberation of Grozny by Ichkerian forces, a group of…

byPaul A. Goble

Chechen activists carrying Chechen, Ukrainian, Turkish, German and American flags have been marching from Strasbourg to Geneva to attract attention to the Chechen cause and seek justice and the rule of law for their nation. August 15, 2019. Photo: thechechenpress.com

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Chechen activists marching from Strasbourg to Geneva to seek justice for their nation

For the last two weeks, a small group of Chechen activists carrying Chechen, Ukrainian, Turkish, German and American…

byPaul A. Goble

The ruins of Grozny, the capital city of Chechnya, in March 1995 during the Second Russo-Chechen War after multi-year Russian air and artillery bombardment.

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24 years ago, Moscow attacked Chechnya, triggering a war that changed everything

Most people today are focusing on bidding farewell to Lyudmila Alekseyeva, the great human rights activist that Vladimir…

byPaul A. Goble

Russian private military companies (Wagner, MAR, E.N.O.T Corp, Slavyansky korpus, Redut, and RSB) that have been instrumental in Putin's military aggression in Ukraine (Image: video screenshot / Radio Svoboda)

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Putin may soon make ‘veterans of hybrid wars’ new symbol of Russia’s future, Shtepa says

With the passing of the World War II generation, few of whom now remain, Vladimir Putin appears ready…

byPaul A. Goble

The Russian political cartoon depicts a "subway map" starting in the Kremlin, Russia and dotted with terror acts and wars through the years of Putin's rule, which eventually sprouts "Crimea, Ukraine" and "Syria" branches with "Boeing" (MH17), "Chemical weapons," and "Bombings" (Author: Andrey Zakirzyanov‏ @Bezizyanov via Twitter)

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Putin regime now entering its fifth and final phase, Yakovenko says

Vladimir Putin’s regime, which has always been authoritarian and kleptocratic, nonetheless has evolved over the course of the…

byPaul A. Goble

Masked Russian servicemen blockading a Ukrainian military base in Crimea. March 2014

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Since 1945, Moscow has been involved in a military action on average every 2 years

Among the many messages the Kremlin wants Russians to take away from its celebrations of Victory Day is…

byPaul A. Goble

Ramzan Kadyrov, the governor of Chechnya, inspecting his 'personal army' assembled at the Grozny stadium, 2015 (Image: versia.ru)

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

A Chechen fighter near the burned-out ruins of the Presidential Palace in Grozny, January 1995 during the First Russo-Chechen War (Image: Photo: Mikhail Evstafiev, wikipedia.org)

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

A flag at the positions of Ukrainian troops after the bombardment by heavy Russian artillery and multiple missile launchers in the town of Maryinka. June 3, 2015. (Image: Reuters)

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Ukrainian War far more dangerous for Russia than even the Chechen War, Nevzorov says

By fighting against separatism in Chechnya two decades ago, Aleksandr Nevzorov says, Moscow was at least promoting its…

byPaul A. Goble

Streets of Chechen capitol Grozny in February 1996. (Image: AFP/ Alexander Nemenov)

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‘The Chechen War isn’t over’

Moscow, Grozny and many in the West like to say that the Chechen war is a matter of…

byPaul A. Goble

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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…

byPaula Chertok

Russian military draftees from Chechnya (Image: kavkaz-uzel.ru)

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Moscow sending Chechens to occupied Crimea as draftees in Russian military

Many of the 774 Chechens slated to be drafted into the Russian military during the fall draft –…

byPaul A. Goble

Putin listens to Chechen regional President Ramzan Kadyrov in Grozny, Chechnya, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008. (Image: AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky)

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

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