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30 years since start of First Chechen War, Kadyrov's Chechnya remains one of the most brutal places on Earth
The Kadyrov family has been able to successfully muster a private army of what local authorities claim to be 70,000 Chechen fighters loyal to the warlord. Chechen militants and police officers ...
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Russians lost more troops near Pokrovsk in one month than in the Second Chechen War
Russia lost more people in a month near Pokrovsk than during the entire Second Chechen War that lasted 10 years, from 1999 to ...
The Fiercest Fighting of the Ukraine War May Be in Russia
The Times interviewed Russian soldiers who said they face a brutal fight to dislodge determined Ukrainian forces from a ...
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Chechen conscripts begin to be drafted into Russian army first time since 1990s
“Army service has always been a matter of prestige in Chechnya,” Saraliyev said. “I am certain that tens of thousands of our young men are prepared for a military career. We are loyal to our ...
VOA Russian: Russia tortures civilians in occupied Ukrainian territories, activist group says
VOA Russian speaks to Yevgeniya Chirikova, a coordinator of the Activatica initiative that tracked down the Kremlin's system ...
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Chechen leader says has ambition to set up army to protect oppressed nations globally
TASS/. The leader of Russia's North Caucasus republic Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, is considering the possibility of creating an army for the protection of those nations who have fallen victim to ...
Russian 'civil war' erupts as army faces 'outright fighting' between ethnic groups
EXCLUSIVE: Ruslan Kutaev told the Express that ever since the outbreak of full-scale war, the problems of "ethnic incompatibility" had plagued Putin's army.