GROZNY – The word was on the streets by the beginning of the month. The market in the center of this Russian-occupied and nearly razed city had never been busier. Truckloads of bread sold out every hour. Cucumbers, garlic and tomatoes, the staples of summer life here, were moving by the crate. Read more »
How the Chechen Guerrillas Shocked Their Russian Foes
August 18th, 1996 | Posted in Articles, The New Yorker | No CommentsTags: Chechnya, New York Times, Russia
Michael Specter has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1998.