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“Gelayev’s odyssey lasted over a month, as he and his men zigzagged between Russian posts in the mountains. They climbed impossible peaks with no alpine gear, they lowered their horses and supplies by ropes, and miraculously they all made it. On several occasions they encountered Russian forces and in one case engaged in a real battle near the Osset village of Galashki.”
― The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
― The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
“The deceased President’s son, Ramzan Kadyrov, was summoned to the Kremlin still in his sweat clothes. Today, he is a member of the Academy of Sciences, but then he was an overgrown child in a track pants. He hadn’t finished middle school, he couldn’t tie two sentences together in either Chechen or Russian […]”
― The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
― The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
“Dudayev used to say, “I can win the war, that’s possible. But how am I going to govern the veterans?”
― The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
― The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
“Shamil [Basayev] sounded exhausted; the fact that he was speaking to me this way over the telephone indicated that he was desperate for conversation; he needed to let off steam and complain to someone. He couldn’t speak this way to the other men who were in the trenches with him”
― The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
― The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
“I had some friends abroad who told me that they could organize meetings for me if I could reach Europe. Maskhadov asked me, “How much money do you need?”
I said to him, “I think my friends in Europe will be in a position to help with my expenses.” Maskhadov took out his wallet and gave me $500, which both of us understood would not take me very far, but he did not have very much and they needed money more than I did.”
― The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
I said to him, “I think my friends in Europe will be in a position to help with my expenses.” Maskhadov took out his wallet and gave me $500, which both of us understood would not take me very far, but he did not have very much and they needed money more than I did.”
― The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
Hillary’s 2024 Year in Books
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