Chechnya: The Inside Story Author: Mairbek Vatchagaev Paperback: 267 pages Publisher: Open Books (5 Aug. 2019) Language: English ISBN-10: 1948598175 ISBN-13: 978-1948598170 Mairbek Vatchagaev, the former press secretary and first adviser to Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov, chronicles the dramatic events that took place in Chechnya during the 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Russian-Chechen war against the Chechnya’s independence. Engaged on one side of the Russian-Chechen conflict, he presents what he witnessed, how he became involved, how the struggle with Russia and the internal Chechen rivalries evolved, and how it impacted his family, his friends, his […]