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Chapter IThe Boy from the Hills
(Read the previous chapter HERE) Long before his name became associated with prophets, armies, and distant mountains, Giovanni Battista Boetti was just a child born in the hills of Monferrato. It was a land of farmers, vineyards, and castles, which until just a few decades earlier had been ravaged by wars and invasions, whose ghosts…
Capitolo I – Il ragazzo delle colline
(Leggi il capitolo precedente QUI) Molto prima che il suo nome venisse associato a profeti, eserciti e montagne lontane, Giovanni Battista Boetti fu soltanto un bambino nato tra le colline del Monferrato. Era una terra di contadini, vigneti e castelli, che solo fino a qualche decennio prima era stata attraversata da guerre e invasioni, i…
Beyond Extradition: How Russia Hunts Chechen Exiles Across Europe and Central Asia
The Kremlin’s campaign against the Chechen diaspora did not end with the wars. It simply crossed international borders. When people think about political repression, they often imagine arrests, prisons, or torture carried out inside an authoritarian state. Far less visible is what happens after dissidents escape. For thousands of Chechens who fled Russia over the…
Russia Declares the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria a “Terrorist Organization”
12 March 2026 marks another symbolic escalation in Moscow’s long war against the legacy of Chechen independence. A court in the Chechen Republic, acting within the legal framework of the Russian Federation, officially designated the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI) as a terrorist organization, banning all of its activities on Russian territory. The decision was…
The Crimean Tatars and the Long Shadow of Exile
Remembering the Sürgünlik, 82 Years Later On May 18, Crimean Tatars around the world commemorated the eighty-second anniversary of one of the darkest chapters in their history: the mass deportation of the entire Crimean Tatar people by the Soviet regime in 1944. For many readers, the story may sound familiar. The Chechens, Ingush, Karachays, Balkars,…
Kazakhstan Must Not Send Mansur Movlaev Back to Chechnya
Chechen activist remains at risk despite UN intervention A new human rights case is drawing international attention to the ongoing persecution of critics of the Chechen authorities. Mansur Movlaev, a Russian citizen of Chechen origin, has been held in extradition detention in Kazakhstan since May 2025 after being arrested in Almaty at the request of…
“Ukraine as a Frontier of Western Civilization.” A report by Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Akhmed Zakayev at the ABN Conference in Toronto
Ladies and gentlemen! Thank you for the opportunity to speak on this important and highly relevant topic. When we speak about Ukraine today, we often call it the front line of European security. This is true. Ukraine is defending not only its cities, its borders, and its people. It is also defending the security architecture…
Fugitive, Monk, Warrior Prophet: The Life of Giovanni Battista Boetti
There are men who pass through history leaving behind portraits, treatises, and monuments. And then there are men who leave behind only questions. Giovanni Battista Boetti belonged to the latter category. When he was born on June 2, 1743, in the small Piedmontese village of Piazzano, no one could have imagined that the child would…
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