Tag: Gulbedin Hekmatiyar

Are Russia’s Failed Statelets in Eastern Ukraine Safe Havens for Terrorists?

April 12, 2015

Staunton, April 10 – A great deal of attention has been given to Chechens, Buryats and other non-Russians going to the Donbass to fight for the pro-Moscow “peoples republics” there, a flow that Russian propagandists have played up as evidence that support for Vladimir Putin’s “Russian world” is broader than just among ethnic Russians. But […]