Grozny
Americannoun
noun
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The Azerbaijan Airlines plane had been en route from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to the Chechen capital of Grozny on 25 December when it is thought to have come under fire.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024
Azerbaijan Airlines, operator of the doomed flight, said it was halting flights to Grozny and nine other Russian cities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2024
The plane had originally tried to land at Grozny airport in southern Russia, but witnesses have spoken of an explosion before it was diverted across the Caspian Sea to Kazakhstan.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2024
On Friday, Russian authorities acknowledged that Ukrainian drones were targeting Grozny, provincial capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, as an Azerbaijani commercial airliner with 67 people aboard was attempting to land there on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2024
There are 60 oil wells in Grozny alone.
From Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Vaknin, Samuel
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