Prism & PenThroughout his presidency, Kadyrov has been personally implicated in everything from large-scale corruption to kidnapping and murder. He has implicitly and explicitly endorsed both honour killings of women suspected of engaging in adultery and vigilante action against homosexual men. Kadyrov has previously denied involvement in the torture and killing of gay men on the basis that there simply aren’t any gay people in Chechnya.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/what-will-happen-to-queer-chechens-when-ramzan-kadyrov-dies-d3f2acba8d36
The Ukrainian Tribune#Chechen native and member of the #German far-right party (#AfD) Murad Dadaev, more commonly known as Noah #Krieger, has visited #Chechnya and gifted a senior Chechen official German daggers from World War II adorned with #swastikas, OC Media reported.
https://oc-media.org/german-afd-member-gifts-chechen-official-daggers-with-swastikas-in-grozny/
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PugJesusOne town, three wars, and a lot of fucking dead from Putin's "Special Military Operation"
Mark... inflict on their Ukrainian prisoners
- All the beatings
- Electrocutions
- Mutilations
- Sexual abuse
- Psychological violence
Not just as a war crime but as cultural phenomenon, something that Russians do decade after decade, whenever & wherever the opportunity presents itself
From Western Ukraine in 1939-1941 to #Gulag system, #Chechnya to today’s occupied territories, #torture resurfaces again & again
https://kyivindependent.com/regarding-the-torture-of-ukrainians/
Regarding the torture of Ukrainians
Torturing prisoners is not merely a war crime that Russians perpetrate, it's part of Russian culture. Susan Sontag's 20-year-old essays may help us understand it. In the Kyiv Independent's latest investigative documentary "Torture Culture," we examine the sufferings that Russians systematically inflict on their Ukrainian prisoners — all the beatings, electrocutions, mutilations, sexual abuse, psychological violence — not only as a war crime but also a cultural phenomenon, something that Russian
AliideReturning to this, because a recurring issue that also comes to mind is Russians covering the affairs of countries that their own is occupying or trying to occupy, when local voices should be elevated and prioritised. Yes, Politkovskaya did great work, but also had a major platform. Were there Chechen journalists whose voices were silenced by bombs, or lack of platforms wanting to publish their work?
meduza.io.botChechnya’s Kadyrov shifts stance on POWs, touting efforts to bring home troops who surrendered in Ukraine
Chechnya’s Kadyrov shifts stance on POWs, touting efforts to bring home troops who surrendered in Ukraine
After years of maintaining that Chechen troops fighting for Russia against Ukraine do not and should not surrender, Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov has softened his stance on prisoners of war.
MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History February 5, 2000: Russian forces massacred at least 60 civilians in a suburb of Grozny, Chechnya. Overall, the Siege of Grozny lasted from December 25, 1999 to February 6, 2000. Over 360 Russian troops died in the fighting, as did up to 2,000 Chechnyan soldiers. However, as many as 8,000 civilians also died.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #russia #chechnya #civilians #massacre #warcrimes
Liam O'Mara IV, PhDThe #NovyeAldiMassacre occurred in a suburb of #Grozny, #Chechnya, on #ThisDayInHistory in 2000. Russian forces engaged in large-scale looting of civilian properties after calling residents out for an "inspection" and then machine-gunning them. ~82 people were assaulted & killed.
Deixis9Putin and the 1999 Apartment Bombs
"In September 1999, just weeks after a 46-year-old Vladimir Putin became Prime Minister, four bombs blew up four apartment buildings across Russia, killing hundreds of people while they slept."
"Over 25 years later, journalists who covered the bombings still can't agree on who planted the explosives or why."
https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-history-bureau/id1867158737?i=1000744110388
