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Russo-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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
‘The Chechen War isn’t over’
Moscow, Grozny and many in the West like to say that the Chechen war is a matter of…
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…
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 –…
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…
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…