Despite the total information blockade, in which the occupied Ichkeria lives, news reports unpleasant for Moscow from time to time nevertheless leak to the media that in “pacified Chechnya”, on the eve of departure of Putin from Kremlin, the war is still goes on.

China is building a major underground nuclear submarine base on the southern tip of Hainan Island, defence group Jane’s said Friday.

Late in January, Chechen puppet president Ramzan Kadyrov declared that only 60-70 “militants” remained in Chechnya. Kadyrov had promised to eliminate all rebels before the arrival of spring. “This is their last winter, believe me,” Ramzan said repeatedly (Interfax, January 23). Why the Chechen president made such a bold statement …