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The History of 'Putin's Wars'

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The Second Chechen War

The first Chechen war under Boris Yeltsin was a war that Russia should have won easily. The new leader of Chechnya is incapable of managing to control the rise of jihadism, says Brookily. "This is not just about Chechen independence. This is about a wider struggle," he adds.

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