Day: July 25, 2019

Putin’s Plenipotentiary in North Caucasus Architect of Repression in Ingushetia, Lyanov Says

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Monday, July 22, 2019

Putin’s Plenipotentiary in North Caucasus Architect of Repression in Ingushetia, Lyanov Says

Paul Goble

Staunton, July 20 – In a 13-minute YouTube video clip that has gone viral among Ingush, Ibragim Lyanov, president of the European Association of Ingush, says that Russian Maj. Gen. Aleksandr Matovnikov, Vladimir Putin’s plenipotentiary representative for the North Caucasus Federal District since last summer, is the architect of the ongoing repression in Ingushetia (zamanho.com/?p=10767 andyoutube.com/watch?v=ouQAF4KrWWk&feature=share). Read more →

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New Novel Describes How Chechens Ended Up in Jordan

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Monday, July 22, 2019

New Novel Describes How Chechens Ended Up in Jordan

Paul Goble

Staunton, July 19 – Maymune Shishani, the descendant of Chechens who were resettled in what is now Jordan in the early years of the 20th century, tells the story of her community in a new novel, The Tears of the Wolf.  The book was written in Arabic but a Russian translation is planned (kavkazr.com/a/sleza-volka-kak-chechentsev-izgnali-v-iordaniyu/30045629.html). Read more →

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