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How One Small Republic Defied the Russian Army

This episode investigates how Russia, despite overwhelming military power, failed to subdue Chechnya during the First Chechen War. We analyze the chaotic invasion of 1994, the fierce urban warfare in ...

Russian air defences responsible for shooting down Azerbaijani plane, says Putin

The Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet crashed on December 25 2024 while on a flight from Baku to Grozny, the regional capital ...

Putin says Russian air defenses were to blame for Azerbaijani jet’s crash last year, killing 38

Putin said the missiles fired by Russian air defenses to target a Ukrainian drone exploded near the Azerbaijan Airlines plane ...

10 Months Later, Russia Admits Deadly Downing of Azerbaijani Plane

President Vladimir Putin’s rare acknowledgment of a Russian military mistake came as relations have deteriorated between the ...
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Putin: Russia to blame in jet crash

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia's air defense was to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December ...

On the EU's eastern border, seeking refuge is harder for some

Poland has made it easier for Belarusians fleeing political persecution to enter, but for Seda Yunusova, a Chechen who was refused the opportunity to apply for asylum 16 times in 2016 and 2017, this ...