IS THE SALAFI-JIHADIST WAY STILL AN OBSTACLE TO RUSSIA IN CHECHNYA? BACKGROUND: Abu Zaid or Abu Omar Al-Kuwaiti, his real name Ahmad Nasser Eid Abdullah Al-Fajri Al-Azimi, was not the only Kuwaiti... Read more
DID RUSSIA ESCALATE TENSION IN CHECHNYA BY ASSASSINATING MASKHADOV? BACKGROUND: Aslan Maskhadov was born and raised in Kazakhstan in the middle of the fifties, just like most leaders of the... Read more
MASKHADOV’S CEASE-FIRE AND THE SITUATION IN CHECHNYA BACKGROUND: The second Russian-Chechen war erupted in 1999, and the Russian forces invaded the Republic and presented a formula for resolution... Read more
FLAWED ELECTIONS AND THE CONFLICT IN CHECHNYA BACKGROUND: 47-year old Alu Alkhanov was Minister of Interior in Kadyrov’s government. A bureaucrat and former transport police chief, Alkhanov was,... Read more
THE KILLING OF ABU AL-WALID AND THE RUSSIAN POLICY IN CHECHNYA BACKGROUND: Abd Al-Aziz Bin Ali Bin Said Al Said Al-Ghamdi, known as Abu Al-Walid, took over leadership of Arab fighters in... Read more
