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Second Chechen War

war in Chechnya

1999 Russian apartment bombings

series of explosions

Kadyrovites or Kadyrovtsy () or Akhmat (Russian: Ахмат) is an informal term of Chechnya-based detachments of National Guard of Russia ("Rosguard"), Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Russian Ministry of Defence. The name refers to Akhmad Kadyrov, 1st President of the Chechen Republic and father of Ramzan Kadyrov. While technically subordinated to Russian state agencies, they enjoy a special treatment and some describe them as "Kadyrov's private army". Some Kadyrovite units are in charge of guarding Chechnya oil fields and Tsentaroi, now Akhmat-Yurt, Kadyrov's home village.

insurgency in the North Caucasus

low-level armed conflict in Russia

political website

Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade

international mujahideen organisation

Mujahideen in Chechnya

international unit of the Islamist Mujahideen

Italian journalist

Ant in a glass jar. Chechen diaries 1994-2004

book by Polina Zjerebtsova

The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

2004 film by Pirjo Honkasalo

Thin Silver Thread

2015 novel by Polina Zherebtsova