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Opinion | Fighting on two fronts: Chechen activists in the West

30 September 2024
The author, and a Ukrainian-Chechen protest in Sheffield.
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Exiled from their republic due to threats to their lives, Chechen activists in the West navigate a difficult balance between visibility and caution, facing erasure by both Russian and Western society. However, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might offer Chechnya and

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By 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 and Russian abuse of the ‘War on Terror’. Ayman is an independent analyst for the Solid Info think tank.

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