An offhand comment by President Vladimir Putin during his recent swing through the North Caucasus should have alerted both Russians and the world of a very serious problem: Besides some speeches and press releases filled with bravado, Moscow has done very little to prepare for the Sochi Olympics.

According to the sources of some Western human rights publications, in particular Prague Watchdog, combat actions are continuing to take place in Chechnya everyday despite the repeated statements by Russian invaders and local stooges on ending the war and establishing peace.

An audio statement made by commander of Urus-Martan sector of Armed Forces of the Caucasus Emirate Amir Abdul-Malik Dishni has been aired in Internet, in which he said that Russian mercenary Zarochentsev from “Interior Ministry’s special forces unit” were captured as a result of special operation carried out on 22 …