2026 Iran War
Opinion | Why North Caucasians neither celebrate nor condemn the Israeli–US attack on Iran
For North Caucasians, the conflict is yet another example of world-shaping powers operating without regard to those affected.
Ayman Eckford
Ayman Eckford is a Ukrainian civil rights activist, political expert, and journalist, who currently lives in Sheffield. He is focused on the Chechen-Ukrainian relationship.
Adam Kadyrov
Opinion | Not even Kadyrov’s own children are safe from the impunity they created on the roads
By flaunting their own traffic rules, the Kadyrov family has created a reality in which even their own children are no longer safe.
Chechnya
Opinion | How Kadyrov uses the UFC — and its US stars — to normalise his repressive dictatorship
Ramzan Kadyrov has become notorious for co-opting MMA stars, including those from the US, to polish his justifiably tarnished reputation.
Chechnya
Opinion | Chechen voices are being silenced, even those abroad
Until the fear of collective punishment ends, even the simple act of speaking publicly is a privilege that most Chechens don’t have.
Chechnya
Opinion | Chechen women are speaking up, but is anybody listening?
The first all-women Chechen March highlights how Chechen women are forced to live at the intersection of Islamophobia and xenophobia.
Chechnya
Opinion | Chechen volunteer battalions have been abandoned by Ukraine
Despite verbal support for an independent Chechnya, Ukraine has abandoned Chechen fighters who have been fighting on their side against Russia for a decade. Is Russian cultural influence and propaganda the main reason behind this, and if so, what does it mean for Ukraine’s ability to stand against Russian aggression in general? In October 2022, Ukraine’s parliament recognised the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria as an independent state that is ‘temporarily’ occupied by Russia, and condemned ‘t
