Chechenize

Verb

1. To render Chechen, to assimilate into Chechen language or culture.
   • There are to be small local garrisons deployed in about two hundred towns and villages; these are to be supported by the local Chechen militia under Kadyrov's control, the strength of which is to be increased from 5,000...
   • Capitalizing on the dynamic between traditional Sufi Islam and its Salafi opposition, Moscow has successfully Chechenized the conflict since the 2000s. - 2009, Cermyn Moore, Paul Tumelty, “Assessing Unholy Alliances in...
   • while the First War was a clear conflict between Chechen secessionists and the Russian federal center, the Second War was “Chechenized” by the Kremlin. - 2023, Egor Lazarev, State-Building as Lawfare. Custom, Sharia,...