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Analyst. Syria, Russia, Chechnya/Caucasus, heavy metal. Нохчийн кӀант хир ву. Special focus on Russia-Syria and Caucasus lore. 🇨🇦 neil.hauer@gmail.com

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Feb 4

    In recent months, Ramzan Kadyrov has gone further than ever in pushing Chechnya's autonomy & independence. Putin has shown a near-total disregard to his wayward protege - and the longer this goes, the more he will regret it. My latest for :

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  2. 5 hours ago

    Echoes of Afrin in Athens.

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  3. Mar 13

    The absolute state of journalism, folks.

    This is a full-time freelance position based in New York City. Candidates should ideally already live in the NYC area. Relocation funds are not available for this position.
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  4. Mar 13

    Two ethnic Chechen/Kist fighters from Georgia's Pankisi Valley confirmed dead in the past week. One died in 2015, the other a few months ago. 34 Georgians killed in Syrian conflict now.

    Yet another fighter (the 34th) from Georgia's valley, Amiran Borchashvili, 25, confirmed dead by his family. Borchashvili went to fight in in 2015; reportedly died the next year. Source:
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  5. Mar 12

    "Make sure, when you lay down to sleep, that you lock your door," says Daudov. A clear threat to assassinate the dissident in Poland, where he lives. Hope Polish authorities will take notice of this.

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  6. Mar 12

    Chechen parliament speaker Magomed Daudov - an official awarded the Hero of Russia by Putin - has declared a blood feud on exiled dissident blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov, saying "me and my brothers" will hunt him down. How in the world is this allowed?

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  7. Mar 11

    Thoughtful piece from ⁦⁩ on Russia's repatriation of IS members, more fraught than it might appear. A good point regarding several dozen IS men allegedly returned to Kabardino-Balkaria: suspiciously little has been heard of them since.

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  8. Retweeted
    Mar 10

    The UK blocked a Russian assassin from entering the country to carry out another hit, this time on former Chechen leader Akhmed Zakayev, who lives in exile in England.

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  9. Mar 10

    I could sure go for some poorly-educated khinkali right about now.

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  10. Mar 8

    Яла хьаьхна борз, гy лакха яьлла.

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  11. Mar 8

    At long last, I have reached that hallowed Twitter ground: 10,000 followers. It is perhaps the most fitting possible method that the final push came from dunking on some idiot tankie with Chechen history.

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    Mar 6

    8 марта 2005 года, в селении Толстой-Юрт стал Шахидом, иншааЛлах, президент ЧРИ, Амир Маджлисуль-Шура муджахидов Аслан Масхадов.

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  13. Mar 7

    So does anyone want to give me a fellowship or become my wealthy patron

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  14. Mar 7

    American forces continue to regularly train Georgian soldiers as US-Georgia security cooperation remains strong. US 1st Infantry Division presently instructing battalions of Georgian light infantry in mountain ambush tactics. Good piece by

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  15. Mar 7

    People in Athens, Thessaloniki and Istanbul: I'm coming to your cities later this month. Would be happy to meet up, drop me a line!

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  16. Mar 7

    The train of Syrian war trophies making its way around Russia marks the latest of Moscow's near-annual Syrian victory parades. But although Putin, with flagging ratings, may want to be done with Syria, Syria isn't done with him. Me for :

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  17. Mar 6

    Today on your moment of zen: this spitting-image doppelgänger of Ramzan Kadyrov emerging alongside other IS foreign fighters from Baghouz, Syria. H/t

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  18. Mar 5

    A very timely piece. I'm frankly sick of Khabib's hypocritical dictation on what is and isn't acceptable in Dagestani society, and especially the open threats he makes with it.

    I wrote about the role of cultural censorship in the North Caucasus & how politicians and athletes such as UFC champ Khabib Nurmagomedov weaponize suppression under the guise of religious and moral imperatives
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  19. Mar 5

    Is there anything more gorgeous than a Georgian national ice hockey team jersey? Masterpiece.

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  20. Mar 4

    *first demining was actually on Feb 19

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  21. Mar 4

    Russian forces begin large-scale demining operation in Aleppo, Syria. Armenian demining teams will participate - their first operation since deploying to Syria last month.

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