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Forgotten War

As the conflict in Chechnya worsens, the media ignore it.

By Fred Weir

Editor’s note: After In These Times went to press, Russian authorities broke up a Chechen “March for Peace” only moments after it began, claiming the participants, mostly women and children, lacked permission to make the planned 70-day trek from Ingushetia to Moscow. The march was organized by Russian human rights activists to raise awareness about a group of Chechen refugees… return to article

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