Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: June 29, 2015
Article: Putin's Secret Army
Page: 36
Author: Simon Shuster
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1. Putin's image is all over Chechnya.
2. Russia took over Chechnya 15 years ago.
3. Islamist warlords were in charge of Chechnya in 2000.
4. Grozny is the capital of Chechnya.
5. A 2003 United Nations Report said Grozny is "the most destroyed city on earth."
6. Putin is openly and publicly worshipped in Grozny.
7. Ramzan Kadyrov is the leader in Chechnya.
8. Chechnyan military forces helped pro-Russian separatists in the Ukraine seize large chunks of the country's territory.
9. The United States Government has imposed sanctions against Kadyrov and his top lieutenants.
10. Kadyrov sent 74,000 fighters to fight in the Ukraine.
11. The Ukrainian Government accused Kadyrov of kidnapping Ukrainian lawmakers and taking them to Chechnya.
12. Gleb Pavlovsky, Kremlin Adviser, said "the fact is that Putin cannot remove Kadyrov now."
13. Yes, Ukraine, Georgia, and Armenia broke away from Moscow peacefully.
14. Boris Yeltsin allowed Chechnya to break away from Moscow in the 1990s.
15. Yeltsin sent in Russian tanks to subdue the Chechen separatists.
16. Chechnya was granted de facto independence in 1996.
17. Chechnya invaded Russia's Dagestan region in 1999.
18. Akhmad Kadyrov was the first leader of Chechnya.
19. Akhmad Kadyrov was killed in 2004.
20. Akhmad Kadyrov was killed by a massive bomb; during a military parade.
21. Ramzan Kadyrov, Akhmad's son, took over after his father was killed.
22. Answers will vary
23. Russia lifted martial law in Chechnya in 2009.
24. Lechi Kurbanov is a world champion in karate.
25. Answers will vary
26. Chechnya has 5 boarding schools that have boys 9-12 years old spending 2-3 years memorizing the Quran.
27. Said-Hussein Said-Ibrahimi is one of the instructors at one of the boarding schools.
28. Salah Mezhiev oversees religious life throughout the region.
29. Zaur Dadaev is the man arrested in Moscow accused of murdering Boris Nemtsov.
30. Journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in 2006.
31. Activist Natalia Estemirova was murdered in 2009.
32. Alexei Venediktov, the editor of a Moscow radio station said, "with that murder, the state lost its monopoly on the use of violence."
33. Kadyrov was upset that Russian officers were in Chechnya arresting a suspected criminal.
34. No, Kadyrov did not get in trouble by Putin for saying this.
35. Alexander Shpunt said Kadyrov has assumed the role of Putin's bulldog.
36. These are the examples of how Kadyrov has imposed Islamic Law in Chechnya:
37. Alexander Shpunt works for Institute of Tools for Political Analysis.
Date: June 29, 2015
Article: Putin's Secret Army
Page: 36
Author: Simon Shuster
U-$1.00-B-0.0046743907-BE-214
Go to Questions
Go to 2016 Directory of Articles and Books
Answer Key
1. Putin's image is all over Chechnya.
2. Russia took over Chechnya 15 years ago.
3. Islamist warlords were in charge of Chechnya in 2000.
4. Grozny is the capital of Chechnya.
5. A 2003 United Nations Report said Grozny is "the most destroyed city on earth."
6. Putin is openly and publicly worshipped in Grozny.
7. Ramzan Kadyrov is the leader in Chechnya.
8. Chechnyan military forces helped pro-Russian separatists in the Ukraine seize large chunks of the country's territory.
9. The United States Government has imposed sanctions against Kadyrov and his top lieutenants.
10. Kadyrov sent 74,000 fighters to fight in the Ukraine.
11. The Ukrainian Government accused Kadyrov of kidnapping Ukrainian lawmakers and taking them to Chechnya.
12. Gleb Pavlovsky, Kremlin Adviser, said "the fact is that Putin cannot remove Kadyrov now."
13. Yes, Ukraine, Georgia, and Armenia broke away from Moscow peacefully.
14. Boris Yeltsin allowed Chechnya to break away from Moscow in the 1990s.
15. Yeltsin sent in Russian tanks to subdue the Chechen separatists.
16. Chechnya was granted de facto independence in 1996.
17. Chechnya invaded Russia's Dagestan region in 1999.
18. Akhmad Kadyrov was the first leader of Chechnya.
19. Akhmad Kadyrov was killed in 2004.
20. Akhmad Kadyrov was killed by a massive bomb; during a military parade.
21. Ramzan Kadyrov, Akhmad's son, took over after his father was killed.
22. Answers will vary
23. Russia lifted martial law in Chechnya in 2009.
24. Lechi Kurbanov is a world champion in karate.
25. Answers will vary
26. Chechnya has 5 boarding schools that have boys 9-12 years old spending 2-3 years memorizing the Quran.
27. Said-Hussein Said-Ibrahimi is one of the instructors at one of the boarding schools.
28. Salah Mezhiev oversees religious life throughout the region.
29. Zaur Dadaev is the man arrested in Moscow accused of murdering Boris Nemtsov.
30. Journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in 2006.
31. Activist Natalia Estemirova was murdered in 2009.
32. Alexei Venediktov, the editor of a Moscow radio station said, "with that murder, the state lost its monopoly on the use of violence."
33. Kadyrov was upset that Russian officers were in Chechnya arresting a suspected criminal.
34. No, Kadyrov did not get in trouble by Putin for saying this.
35. Alexander Shpunt said Kadyrov has assumed the role of Putin's bulldog.
36. These are the examples of how Kadyrov has imposed Islamic Law in Chechnya:
- a. restricting the sale of alcohol
- b. permitting cases of polygamy
- c. ordering Chechen women to "dress modestly"
37. Alexander Shpunt works for Institute of Tools for Political Analysis.
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