Newsru.com reported on June 28 that a demonstration was being held that day in the Chechen capital of Grozny to protest the searches that had been carried out in homes belonging to the relatives of the victims of GRU officers on trial for killing Chechen... MORE

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has consistently been effusive in his praise of his main patron, Vladimir Putin, calling the Russian president “the only person who can save Russia” and stating that Putin should remain in power for another ten years or more. Yet, in an... MORE

On June 15, Ramzan Kadyrov declared that he opposes further amnesties of militants in Chechnya. The Chechen president said that he would not support the idea of a new amnesty even if the Russian parliament initiated it. “If anybody in the mountains believes he can... MORE

In comparing the Russian conquest of Chechnya in the 19th century and the current methods used by the Russian military to subjugate the Chechen people, one comes to the inescapable conclusion that very little has changed during the last two hundred years. That said, the... MORE

On June 17, 2006, Abdul-Khalim Sadulaev, the successor to Aslan Maskhadov, the president of independent Chechnya, was killed in Argun, his native town. Following Maskhadov’s death, Sadulaev was the top rebel leader for a period of just slightly longer than a year. However, during this... MORE

The Defense Ministry reported on June 16 that 30 servicemen have been killed in Chechnya since the start of 2007, including one serviceman who was killed in May. According to Interfax, the ministry reported that 3,633 servicemen had been killed in Chechnya since the start... MORE

In his interview with Kommersant-Vlast, Kadyrov suggested that moral education is the best weapon against the rebels and “Wahhabis.” “You don’t have to set up checkpoints to fight terrorism,” he said. “You have to educate the youth properly. If there are nightclubs, brothels, if they... MORE

Chechnya held its first-ever constitutional assembly in Grozny on June 21, Newsru.com reported citing Interfax. According to the website, the assembly was devoted to reforming the republic’s parliament and extending the term of the republic’s president, and unanimously adopted proposals on amendments to the republic’s... MORE

Russian news agencies reported that a shoot-out between police and members of the GRU’s Zapad battalion took place on June 20 on Grozny’s Staropromysolvsky Highway. Five people were reportedly killed and another five were wounded in the gun battle. According to RIA Novosti, four of... MORE

The possibility of unifying two regions of the North Caucasus, Ingushetia and Chechnya, has appeared in Russian political discourse several times in the past. Last May, rumors about the possibility of unification appeared yet again. Russian journalist Vadim Rechkalov, an unofficial spokesman for the Federal... MORE