In this week’s episode of the Caucasus Digest, Tor, a fighter from the Chechen Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion fighting in Ukraine phones in to talk about the significance of Ukraine's recognition of Ichkeria as an independent state temporarily occupied by Russia.

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• Ukrainian Parliament recognises independence of Chechnya

Yerevan-based political analyst Tigran Grigoryan talks about Nagorno-Karabakh's internal politics and the appointment of Russian–Armenian billionaire Ruben Vardanyan as State Minister of the region.

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• Billionaire Ruben Vardanyan to serve as Nagorno-Karabakh’s State Minister

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