Second Chechen War

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Shamil Basayev and Ibn al-Khattab. Image: Dzen.ru

1999 Invasion of Daghestan

Russian authorities arrest Daghestani man over 1990s invasion of Daghestan

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•1 min read

The Russian security services, the FSB, have detained a Daghestani man for his alleged involvement in the 1999 invasion by Chechen militants of Daghestan. On Tuesday, the FSB detained Ibragim Magomedev in Novosasitli, a village in Daghestan’s Khasavyurt District, on charges of participating in a gang, armed rebellion, and the attempted murder of a law enforcement officer as part of Shamil Basayev’s and Ibn al-Khattab’s invasion of Daghestan in 1999. ‘In the course of work together with th

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,

South District Military Court. Official photo.

Chechnya

Two Chechens convicted for deaths of 84 Russian servicemen during the Second Chechen War

by OC Media

•2 min read

A military court in Rostov-on-Don on Tuesday sentenced two residents of Grozny, Ibragim Donashev and Nazhmudin Dudiyev, to 19 and 18 years in prison, respectively, for ‘killing 84 and wounding four Russian military personnel’ during the Second Chechen War. Dudiyev and Donashev, who were detained in Grozny in November 2018, were charged with armed rebellion, banditry, and assault on the lives of law enforcement officials. The court verdict states that in 1999, Dudiyev and Donashev joined one