Ostblog Posts

Iznaur (right) is a road police officer in Itum-Kale in the Argun valley of Chechnya. He is the right hand of his boss Nurdi, who…

Abubaker from Grozny remembers both Chechen wars very well. During the first one he was hiding in cellars from artillery fire with his family. One…

These are Rezida and her daughter (both in centre), who are both from Grozny and their friends Lena and Luba who came for a visit…

Elza is sitting here at her home in Baksan in the Republic of Karbadino-Balkaria in the Russian North Caucasus. She explained how as a women…

Yulia and Yevgeniya are both pensioners and old friends from nearby Pyatigorsk. They regularly come to the city to visit its wild hot springs convinced…