Opinion | The world has woken up to the Russian terror that the Chechens know only too well

Russia’s brutal wars against Chechnya have provided the blueprint for its invasion of Ukraine argues Anzor Maskhadov, a veteran of the First Russia-Chechnya War and son of Aslan Maskhadov the third President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. I am sure that many could not imagine that Russia would invade its neighbour and try to topple its government. Some have even gone so far as to blame the victim of Russia’s attack for the invasion.  These responses belie a lack of interest in history,