Anzor Maskhadov

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The government building in Grozny, Chechnya in 1995. Adapted from a photo by Mikhail Evstafiev.

Anzor Maskhadov

Opinion | The world has woken up to the Russian terror that the Chechens know only too well

by Anzor Maskhadov

•6 min read

Russia’s brutal wars against Chechnya have provided the blueprint for its invasion of Ukraine argues Anzor Maskhadov, a veteran of the First Russia-Chechnya War and son of Aslan Maskhadov the third President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. I am sure that many could not imagine that Russia would invade its neighbour and try to topple its government. Some have even gone so far as to blame the victim of Russia’s attack for the invasion. These responses belie a lack of interest in history,

Anzor Maskhadov

Relatives of the former President of Ichkeria ‘persecuted by Chechen authorities’

by OC Media

•3 min read

The son of Aslan Maskhadov, the late president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, has accused the authorities in Chechnya of persecuting members of his family in an attempt to silence him. Anzor Maskhadov, who lives in Norway, told OC Media that his maternal relatives, who live in the village of Chulga-Yurt (Znamenskoye) in the Nadterechny District of northwest Chechnya, were facing a new wave pressure from the authorities. Aslan Maskhadov was a senior military figure in the First Chechen