effectively beginning the First Chechen War. Thirty years later and two wars since, Chechnya, under strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, has become a key pillar of Russian President Vladimir Putin's ...

for their mass internment centers during the First Chechen Wars in 1994—1996 and then again during the Second Chechen War between 1999 and 2003 According to information from the US legation ...

“History repeats itself. We won the First Chechen War. They took their time, rebuilt their army while dividing us, and eventually, they won. They will try the same with Ukraine. You can’t ...

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 ...

Here's where Chechnya is on a map. Google Maps Following the First Chechen War from 1994 to 1996, Chechnya gained independence from Russia. However, the Second Chechen war from 1999 to 2000 ...

TASS/. For the first time since the early 1990s Chechen conscripts have begun to be drafted into Russia’s armed forces. All of them will be serving not very far away from home, in the Southern ...

Russia should consider mobilizing several million men for a war against Europe, Apti Alaudinov, commander of the “Akhmat” special forces unit, said in his Telegram channel on Thursday. The volunteer ...