The Battle of Grozny: Urban Warfare, Total Destruction
Simon Whistler · April 3, 2023 · 21 min video · Europe & NATO
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Nestled into the North Caucasus Mountains, landlocked midway between the Black and Caspian seas, lies a territory that most people either don't know at all or only know by its fearsome reputation. Chechnya.
A semi-autonomous vassal state ruled with an iron fist, the Chechen Republic is today one of many republics arrayed under the Russian Federation with President Vladimir Putin exerting his power and influence through his puppet dictator, Ramzan Kaderov.
Known at once for its beautiful highlands and the brutal and ongoing legacy of repression, organized crime and human rights violations being perpetrated there, Chechnya occupies almost a mysterious air of darkness in western consciousness. But for those who know Chechnya's road to where it is today, that darkness doesn't go away.
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