The active anti-terror operation that took place in Chechnya in 1999-2000 involved approximately 80,000 Russian troops and cost the Russian government billions of dollars to raise its economy from the ashes. By comparison, Chechnya is nearly ten times smaller than the area controlled by ISIS. [dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he Islamic State of Iraq and Syria went far beyond […]
The Islamic State and Chechnya: Disturbing Similarities
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