First Chechen War

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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,

Chechnya

Chechen man sentenced to three-and-a-half years for sharing videos about First Chechen War

by OC Media

•3 min read

A Chechen man has been sentenced by a court in Moscow to three-and-a-half years in prison for sharing videos about the First Chechen War on social media. During his sentencing on 11 June, Aytakhadzhi Khalimov was also banned from ‘activities related to web administration’ for two years. Court documents report that Khalimov posted three videos on social network VKontakte in 2019 titled: ‘Untitled’, ‘Free Ichkeria. Chechen war’, and ‘They won that war’. The first video, Untitled, recounts what