“The second Chechen war for the Russians for the entire period — 6,000 dead. That is, under Pokrovsk alone in January, the Russians have more dead than in the entire second Chechen war,” he said.
What do the Chechens want? Unlike Osama bin Laden and al Qaida, the Chechens are not fighting to establish a world Islamic state. They’re fighting for a state, period. Chechens are Muslims, but ...
It is the first in a series of bulletins that will document violations of human rights and humanitarian law by all forces in the war in Chechnya. Russian forces have shown utter contempt for ...
"Zelimkhan explained that the attack on him was connected to his participation in the Chechen war," she told the BBC. "He was a field commander and a close ally of Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov.