Chechen extremists threaten Jordan - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Paul J. Saunders

Paul J. Saunders

Jun 24, 2014

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov (C) attends a session of the State Council at the Kremlin in Moscow May 31, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RTX107AJ — Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov (C) attends a session of the State Council at the Kremlin in Moscow, May 31, 2013. — REUTERS/Michael Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin

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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov smiles during a government organised event marking Chechen language day in central Grozny April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (Russia - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION) - RTXZ5U7

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Maxim A. Suchkov

Maxim A. Suchkov

Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov casts his ballot as he votes during Russia's presidential election at a polling station in the settlement of Tsentoroy, outside Grozny, March 18, 2018.

Why Turkey is in crosshairs of Chechen leader

Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics

A policeman wears a ring showing the Islamic symbol of the star and crescent, as the barrel of a rifle is seen in the background, in the Chechen village of Itum-Kale April 29, 2013. The naming of two Chechens, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, as suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings has put Chechnya - the former site of a bloody separatist insurgency - back on the world's front pages. Chechnya appears almost miraculously reborn. The streets have been rebuilt. Walls riddled with bullet holes are long gone.

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Maxim A. Suchkov

Maxim A. Suchkov

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Turkey makes peace bid with Chechen leader

Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics