Chechnya
The controversial Chechen leader who supports Putin in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin promoted Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov to army general this month. Kadyrov is a long-time ally of Putin and is known for his inflammatory remarks and abysmal human rights record. He has also described Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a “holy war.”
An Eerie Walk Through the Tsarnaev’s Boston Area Neighborhood
Laure Mandeville is now chief US correspondent for the Le Figaro. She came to Boston over the weekend to speak with members of the Chechen community here, and to friends and neighbors of Boston bombing suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
Professor of Chechen History Ponders Brief Contact with Boston Bombing Suspect
Brian Glyn Williams teaches Chechen history at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. That’s the same college attended by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Williams had brief contact with him, when Tsarnaev was a high school student.
