The Economist12h
The warlord, the oligarch and the unravelling of Russia’s Amazon.com
Over the next two decades it became Russia’s equivalent of Amazon. Customers from Siberia to the Crimean Peninsula (which was ...
The Diplomat24d
The Chechen Connection: Kadyrov Weighs in on Allamjonov Case in Uzbekistan
In trying to dissuade anyone from noting a “Chechen trace” in the events in Uzbekistan, Kadyrov made the connection even more difficult to set aside. Earlier this month, INTERPOL issued red ...
CNN25d
2024 has been a nerve-wracking year for plane travel. How safe is it really?
The crash came after 38 people were killed on Christmas Day when an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed after entering Russian airspace in Grozny, Chechnya. It is unconfirmed what was behind the ...
Newsweek26d
Putin's Apology for Plane Crash Rejected As 'Reckless' Actions Condemned
It was traveling from the Azeri capital Baku to Grozny, the capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya. Several reports have suggested Russian air-defense systems operating around Grozny were ...
The Express Tribune27d
Our failure to learn from mistakes
Even one can write about the cost Russia paid for its military response to the Chechnya's threat in the 90s, as despite over 200,000 death Chechens kept visiting the Russian heartland. These ...
Associated Press27d
Putin apologizes for ‘tragic incident’ but stops short of saying Azerbaijani plane was shot down
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau on Wednesday ...
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A recent plane crash has shocked the world. The German news outlet FAZ reported that 38 people died and 29 survived the accident, which took place in Kazakhstan on December 25th. A new advanced ...
Los Angeles Times28d
Suspected Russian downing of Azerbaijan passenger plane reflects Ukraine war’s growing footprint
The deadly crash this week of an Azerbaijani passenger jet — with Russian air defenses as the suspected culprit — brings into focus a little-noticed aspect of the war in Ukraine: a battle zone ...
Anadolu Ajansi28d
Russian aviation authorities claim AZAL plane could not land in Chechnya due to Ukraine's drone attack
The head of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency said on Friday that the Embraer E190 plane of the Azerbaijani Airlines that crashed in Kazakhstan could not land in the city of Grozny due to ...
The Sun28d
Inside bizarre Russian fiefdom Chechnya run by Putin’s ‘war dog’ where jet was blasted by trigger-happy cosplay soldiers
THE bizarre fiefdom of Chechnya has long been controlled by warlord and top Vladimir Putin crony Ramzan Kadyrov and his trigger-happy cosplay soldiers. Disturbed chief Kadyrov, 48, has ruled over ...
Meduza28d
Azerbaijan rejects Chechnya’s offer of assistance for plane crash victims, demanding an apology and compensation instead
A source from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s administration told reporters on Friday that the families of those killed in the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane on December 25 do not need any ...