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Chechnya – school of courage (weekly review)
March 18th 2010   Prague Watchdog / Vadim Borshchev
The problem is that the remaining checkpoints, which "outwardly resemble fortresses", "surrounded by barbed wire and minefields”, continue to mark Chechnya out as a territory of war, beyond the Chechen leadership’s full control. IN ENGLISH MORE
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Chechnya – school of courage (weekly review)
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Killing the will for justice
March 12th 2010   Prague Watchdog / Usam Baysayev
Now the question is: will the "special unit" whose creation was announced by Alexander Bastrykin in Grozny yesterday be allowed to investigate cases in accordance with the law, without regard for politics? IN ENGLISH MORE
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Killing the will for justice
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The cancer ward (weekly review)
March 3rd 2010   Prague Watchdog / Vadim Borshchev
Putin's promise to “flush the extremists down the toilet” has been fulfilled a hundred times, if not more. But if his recent words are anything to go by, the new President appears less certain of a positive outcome.  IN ENGLISH MORE
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The cancer ward (weekly review)
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A new turn in the Kremlin's Caucasus policy: from "governor-general" to "successful management"
March 2nd 2010   Prague Watchdog / Sergei Markedonov
If we accept the thesis that the era of the governor-general is now over in the North Caucasus, it would be useful to gain some idea of the range of policy instruments that are available to a top Caucasus envoy in the “post-governor-general” era. IN ENGLISH MORE
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The day of hatred
February 24th 2010   Prague Watchdog / German Sadulayev
Absolute power is sustained by irrational fear. It must periodically surprise and suppress its subjects by manifestations of infinite cruelty. IN ENGLISH MORE
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The day of hatred
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Sheep
February 20th 2010   Prague Watchdog / German Sadulayev
The government in this scenario would be a group of adventurers with a smattering of ancient Arabic and a slightly better knowledge of the Rules for the Handling of Small Arms and Explosives. IN ENGLISH MORE
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Sheep
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Arshty
February 18th 2010   Prague Watchdog / Usam Baysayev
These statements and others give a clear idea of the aim of the governments of all the republics of the North Caucasus today. Their function is mainly to provide a cover for the interests of the Russian security agencies.  IN ENGLISH MORE
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Arshty
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Interviews with the Amir (weekly review)
February 17th 2010   Prague Watchdog / Vadim Borshchev
Such threats to “destroy Russia” were almost de rigueur at the time, and were a genre adopted by many, though not often in a coherent form.  IN ENGLISH MORE
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Interviews with the Amir (weekly review)
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Irreconcilables
February 15th 2010   Prague Watchdog / Yusuf Ibrahim
Today people are accustomed to the notion that the majority is always right and that the minority must obey it. But this formula has been concocted by the minority that holds power in order to delude and control the masses. IN ENGLISH MORE
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Irreconcilables
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May 27th 2010 Prague Watchdog / Dmitry Shlapentokh
North Caucasus terrorism and the search for funding
The proliferation of terrorist activity in the North Caucasus may be deeply connected with the jihadists’ attempts to acquire additional funds, which they badly need. IN ENGLISH MORE
May 25th 2010 Prague Watchdog / Valery Dzutsev
The West's approach to the Caucasus
A stable political settlement in the South Caucasus can only be quickly achieved by a decisive change in the West’s approach. IN ENGLISH MORE
May 5th 2010 Prague Watchdog / Vadim Borshchev
Death in Europe (weekly review)
Part of the blame lies with the refugees themselves, since when they apply for asylum the vast majority of them do not tell the truth, and claim to have been members of the resistance. IN ENGLISH MORE
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May 2nd 2010 Prague Watchdog / Sergei Markedonov
War without end
The "emir" takes responsibility for the attacks, creating the impression of a powerful underground state whose citizens are "welded by a single purpose and connected by a single goal". IN ENGLISH MORE
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April 30th 2010 Prague Watchdog / Usam Baysayev
Hello Sochi!
It turns out that there never was any decades-long resistance by the mountain tribes, that their villages were never burned down, they were never driven out by force, and General Zass with his trunkloads of Circassian skulls never existed. IN ENGLISH MORE
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April 28th 2010 Prague Watchdog / Vadim Borshchev
A marriage made in heaven (weekly review)
The only changes in the license to kill have involved its extension from the territory of the war, first to Russia and then to the whole planet. IN ENGLISH MORE
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April 15th 2010 Prague Watchdog / German Sadulayev
Zero casualties
The commanders tried to minimize losses among Russian soldiers and officers. This led to the bombing and shelling, the tactic of not tackling the enemy head-on, but of blockading it and destroying it remotely. Along with casual spectators. IN ENGLISH MORE
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April 8th 2010 Prague Watchdog / Usam Baysayev
The list is incomplete
The hallmark of a terrorist act is violence directed against those who cannot defend themselves, and the securing of certain preferences by means of it. IN ENGLISH MORE
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April 7th 2010 Prague Watchdog / Vadim Borshchev
The evolution of terror (weekly review)
The final stage in the development of the new terrorist strategy should be viewed as having been reached in late 2009, with the bombing of the Nevsky Express passenger train on November 27, in which 27 people died. IN ENGLISH MORE
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From the Blogosphere
October 5th 2009 Blogosphere
The Chechen as the "alternative Russian"
The Chechen is the alternative Russian. A Russian savage, mountain-dwelling, cruel and merciless – but a Russian not crushed by serfdom and the Bolshevik genocide and slavery. A Russian who "hid in the mountains in time". IN ENGLISH MORE
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September 17th 2009 Blogosphere
Comrades of the Green Crescent
"The Internet is littered with statements by scum who accuse the federal government of blowing up apartment houses to increase Putin's popularity rating. What nonsense! Our ratings are increased the Chubais way -- with boxloads of money." IN ENGLISH MORE
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