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Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Russia's Military Nadir: The Meaning of the Chechen Debacle

"In war the moral is to the physical as ten to one.

Commentary

North Caucasus of the Bizarre

Where people think the United States is the source of Islamist violence and other problems inside Russia and on its borders.

Don't Blame Russia

Western commentators insinuating Moscow is somehow at fault for the subway bombings are completely wrong.

Gracious Grozny

In the second of a three part series, TNI senior editor Anatol Lieven reflects on his meetings with high-level Russian officials at the Valdai Club conference last week.

Books & Reviews

Chechens I Used to Know

The typical vision of Chechnya: a violence-filled land of terrorists fighting for independence from the Kremlin’s iron grip. The reality is a land torn between nationalism and a Russian civic identity.

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May 27, 2012