
War In Chechnya

بيان بشأن الأحداث المؤسفة بين إنغوشيتا والشيشان
بيان بشأن الأحداث المؤسفة بين إنغوشيتا والشيشان

Statement on the Unfortunate Events between Ingushetia and Chechnya
Statement on the Unfortunate Events between Ingushetia and Chechnya

Said-Emin IBRAGIMOV: OPEN LETTER to Mr António Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations, Chairman of the United Nations Security Council
23/1 – 23.02. 2019
Said-Emin IBRAGIMOV: OPEN LETTER to Mr António Guterres
Secretary-General of the United Nations,
Chairman of the United Nations Security Council Read more
For First Time in a Decade, Kadyrov Marks Chechen Deportation Anniversary on February 23
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
For First Time in a Decade, Kadyrov Marks Chechen Deportation Anniversary on February 23
Paul Goble
Staunton, February 26 – Stalin’s deportation of the Chechens and Ingush began on February 23, 1944, a date both peoples hold sacred but one that Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov moved a decade ago to May 10th in order to mollify Moscow which marks that day as Defender of the Fatherland Day and to play down the event by linking it to the anniversary of his father’s death.
But this year, unexpectedly, Kadyrov ordered the anniversary to marked on the correct day – and the day it was marked by the late Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev and even Kadyrov’s father, Akhmet Kadyrov, sparking intense discussions as to why he made this move and also why now (caucasustimes.com/ru/kadyrov-napomnil-moskve-o-sebe-i-chechencah/ and kavkazr.com/a/29790243.html). Read more
Deportation and Return of Vainakh Peoples Continue to Cast a Dark Shadow on the North Caucasus
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Deportation and Return of Vainakh Peoples Continue to Cast a Dark Shadow on the North Caucasus
Paul Goble
Staunton, January 9 – Sixty-two years ago today, Moscow allowed the Chechens and Ingush it had deported to Central Asia 13 years earlier, actions that continue to cast a dark shadow on the two Vainakh nations and their relationship with each other and with Moscow, Mairbek Vachagayev says. Read more
Twenty-Four Years Ago Today, Moscow Attacked Chechnya, Triggering a War that Changed Everything
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Twenty-Four Years Ago Today, Moscow Attacked Chechnya, Triggering a War that Changed Everything
Paul Goble
Staunton, December 11 – Most people today are focusing on bidding farewell to Lyudmila Alekseyeva, the great human rights activists that Vladimir Putin is trying to coopt as one of his own, or to the centenary of the birth of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose slogan “live not by lies” played an essential role in unmasking and then destroying the Soviet system. Read more