The Spectator, a British weekly which claims uninterrupted publication since 1828, covers cultural and political topics with a moderately conservative bias. (It also cultivates excellent writing, sometimes spiced with the distinctive nastiness that is the product of higher education in Britain.) In its issue of August 8, 2015, The Speccie, as its fans call it, published a story by Owen Matthews, “Putin and the Polygamists”. The story deals with an episode in Chechnya, which was brutally reconquered by Russia from an Islamist insurgency. It is ruled by Ramzan Kadynov, a mini-dictator installed by Putin and closely allied with him; the …read more
Source: The American Interest
