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As the dust settles, and the initial shock of Akhmad Kadyrov’s assassination seems to be wearing off, thoughts in the Kremlin are turning to who should replace him as President. According to Interfax, an election...

No real news or updates on yesterday’s bombing in Chechnya, which killed President Kadyrov. There has, however, been a slew of articles suggesting that the assasination leaves Putin’s plans for Chechnya in...

Akhmad Kadyrov, the pro-Russian President of Chechnya, was killed today. A massive explosion ripped through the VIP section of the Dynamo stadium in Grozny, where he and a number of other top officials were watching the...

The US Central Command (CentCom) has a webpage up detailing “international contributions to the war on terror” by the members of the coalition against terror. Here’s some of what they have to say about...

Dan Darling over at Winds of Change has written a special analysis of the life and times of Abu Walid, the Chechen terrorist who was killed earlier this week. Here’s the bottom line: As an Afghan-trained Saudi al...

News is coming out that Abdul Aziz al-Ghamdi (also know as Abul Walid), the Saudi leader of the International Islamic Peacekeeping Brigade in Chechnya has been killed. He was thought to be behind many of the recent...

The Times has an excellent article today about the NATO expansion into the Baltics that gives a really good insight into why Russia isn’t happy. Moscow’s hawkish position is partly based on practical military...

Today is Cosmonaut Day in Russia. Which probably explains the spate of space-themed news articles coming out of Russia this weekend. First up is the attempt by one enterprising company, Aerospace Systems, to re-ignite...

Looks like Mikhail Khodorkovsky upset the prison authorities for writing his recent letter: Crisis of Liberalism in Russia. All mail going in and out of Russian jails is supposed to be read and censored (if necessary)...

There was a big ceremony in Brussels today to mark the latest phase of NATO’s eastward expansion. Lots of flags being raised and much excitement, I’m sure. But not in Russia. Although it doesn’t have a...