Chechen
Americannoun
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a member of a Sunni Muslim people living in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic and adjacent areas, closely related to the Ingush.
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the Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen.
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Investigators also found a document Ott had allegedly written after the 2019 murder of a Georgian man of Chechen origin in Berlin by an agent sent by Moscow.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
Chechen officials have consistently denied these allegations, complaining of fabrications aimed at discrediting the region.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
For other Chechen women who have fled, Aishat's death has reinvigorated a fear that has haunted them since they left Russia.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
Still, he said he had no regrets about enlisting, and was fighting under a Muslim Chechen commander.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
The first Chechen war is estimated to have cost at most $5.5 billion and probably between $1.3 and $2.6 billion.
From Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Vaknin, Samuel
His 1999-2009 war in Chechnya, though brutal, was waged within Russia and there was no prospect of outside intervention to help the Chechens.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023
Many of them, like the Chechens, are refugees from Russia itself.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2023
According to Bosnian media, the Chechens arrived in Bosnia from Turkey and Serbia, the only two countries in Europe with direct flights from Russia during the war.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
"We are one family with Buryats, Chechens and other representatives of our multinational and multi-confessional country," Ms Zakharova later wrote on Telegram.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2022
Each of the red-haired Chechens had been a man, and each one had his own individual expression.
From The Cossacks by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
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