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Vladyslav Ammosov, former officer of Russias GRU military intelligence service, wants to create a Siberian volunteer battalion.

There was a quiet sensation at the recent Berlin Film Festival.

A Russian woman on medical leave from Russia's war in Ukraine tells RFE/RL that she and her female colleagues have faced systemic harassment and persecution from officers bent on forcing them to serve as so-called field wives.

"The 'Chechnya' special operation has infected the whole country, which is becoming more and more beastly and idiotic. The value of human life was already very low in Russia, and now it has slipped to almost nothing. We have all reached the depths, like the unrescued Kursk [the sunken submarine]. And there's no order for…

The signal from The Hague reached the real addressee.

27/02/2023 - BERLINALE 2023: The Chechen filmmaker spoke of the historical resonance of her debut film, and her place in a new generation of directors from the Caucasus

27/02/2023 - BERLINALE 2023: The Chechen filmmaker spoke of the historical resonance of her debut film, and her place in a new generation of directors from the Caucasus

Just like the Second Chechen War compared with the first, the second year of war in Ukraine is likely to become a far more ruthless affair than it was in the first year.

Anna Politkovskaya and Amira Hass have documented the atrocities of the Russian and Israeli states on the Chechens and Palestinians. Their efforts may appear Sisyphean, but their work is a testimony of the innocent victims of war.

MailOnline breaks down the invasion, from how the battle has played out to the suffering it has caused around the world and how the war might finally come to an end.