Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: June 29, 2015
Article: Putin's Secret Army
Page: 36
Author: Simon Shuster
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Questions
1. Whose image is all over Chechnya?
2. How long ago did Russia take over Chechnya?
3. Who was in charge of Chechnya in 2000?
4. What is the name of the capital of Chechnya?
5. Who said, Grozny is "the most destroyed city on earth"?
6. Where is Putin openly and publicly worshipped?
7. Who is the leader in Chechnya?
8. Who did the Chechnyan military forces help in the Ukraine?
9. Who has imposed sanctions against Kadyrov and his top lieutenants?
10. How many fighters did Kadyrov send to fight in the Ukraine?
11. Who accused Kadyrov of kinapping Ukrainian lawmakers and taking them to Chechnya?
12. Who said, "The fact is that Putin cannot remove Kadyrov now"?
13. Did the Ukraine, Georgia, and Armenia fully break away from Moscow peacefully?
14. Who did allow Chechnya to break away from Moscow in the 1990s?
15. What did Yeltsin do to Chechnya in 1994?
16. When was Chechnya granted de facto independence?
17. When did Chechnya invade Russia's Dagestan region?
18. Who was Akhmad Kadyrov?
19. When was Akhmad Kadyrov killed?
20. How was Akhmad Kadyrov killed?
21. Who took over after Akhmad Kadyrov died?
22. How did Ramzan Kadyrov in 2004 persuade other separatists to switch sides?
23. When did Russia lift martial law in Chechnya?
24. Who is a world champion in karate?
25. Why do you think boxing and martial-arts clubs are popular in Chechnya?
26. How many boarding schools exist in Chechnya that has boys 9-12 years old spending 2-3 years memorizing the Quran?
27. Who is one of the instructors at one of the boarding schools?
28. Who oversees religious life throughout the region?
29. What is the name of the man arrested in Moscow in early March accused of murdering Boris Nemtsov?
30. When was journalist Anna Politkovskaya murdered?
31. When was activist Natalia Estemirova murdered?
32. Who said, "with that murder (of Boris Nemtsov), the state lost its monopoly on the use of violence"?
33. Why did Kadyrov, around April 19, 2015, say, "I officially declare that if they (Russian officers) show up on our territory without your knowledge-regardless if they come from Moscow or Stavropol-shoot to kill"?
34. Did Kadyrov get in trouble by Putin for saying this?
35. Who said Kadyrov has assumed the role of Putin's bulldog?
36. Give examples how Kadyrov has imposed elements of Islamic law in Chechnya?
37. What is the name of the think tank in Moscow who Russian political analyst Alexander Shpunt works for?
Date: June 29, 2015
Article: Putin's Secret Army
Page: 36
Author: Simon Shuster
U-$1.00-B-0.0046743907-BE-214
Go to Answer Key
Go to 2016 Directory of Articles and Books
Questions
1. Whose image is all over Chechnya?
2. How long ago did Russia take over Chechnya?
3. Who was in charge of Chechnya in 2000?
4. What is the name of the capital of Chechnya?
5. Who said, Grozny is "the most destroyed city on earth"?
6. Where is Putin openly and publicly worshipped?
7. Who is the leader in Chechnya?
8. Who did the Chechnyan military forces help in the Ukraine?
9. Who has imposed sanctions against Kadyrov and his top lieutenants?
10. How many fighters did Kadyrov send to fight in the Ukraine?
11. Who accused Kadyrov of kinapping Ukrainian lawmakers and taking them to Chechnya?
12. Who said, "The fact is that Putin cannot remove Kadyrov now"?
13. Did the Ukraine, Georgia, and Armenia fully break away from Moscow peacefully?
14. Who did allow Chechnya to break away from Moscow in the 1990s?
15. What did Yeltsin do to Chechnya in 1994?
16. When was Chechnya granted de facto independence?
17. When did Chechnya invade Russia's Dagestan region?
18. Who was Akhmad Kadyrov?
19. When was Akhmad Kadyrov killed?
20. How was Akhmad Kadyrov killed?
21. Who took over after Akhmad Kadyrov died?
22. How did Ramzan Kadyrov in 2004 persuade other separatists to switch sides?
23. When did Russia lift martial law in Chechnya?
24. Who is a world champion in karate?
25. Why do you think boxing and martial-arts clubs are popular in Chechnya?
26. How many boarding schools exist in Chechnya that has boys 9-12 years old spending 2-3 years memorizing the Quran?
27. Who is one of the instructors at one of the boarding schools?
28. Who oversees religious life throughout the region?
29. What is the name of the man arrested in Moscow in early March accused of murdering Boris Nemtsov?
30. When was journalist Anna Politkovskaya murdered?
31. When was activist Natalia Estemirova murdered?
32. Who said, "with that murder (of Boris Nemtsov), the state lost its monopoly on the use of violence"?
33. Why did Kadyrov, around April 19, 2015, say, "I officially declare that if they (Russian officers) show up on our territory without your knowledge-regardless if they come from Moscow or Stavropol-shoot to kill"?
34. Did Kadyrov get in trouble by Putin for saying this?
35. Who said Kadyrov has assumed the role of Putin's bulldog?
36. Give examples how Kadyrov has imposed elements of Islamic law in Chechnya?
37. What is the name of the think tank in Moscow who Russian political analyst Alexander Shpunt works for?
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