‘Writing Was Reclaiming That Power’: Lana Estemirova on Her Mother and the Chechen Wars

‘Writing Was Reclaiming That Power’: Lana Estemirova on Her Mother and the Chechen Wars

For Lana Estemirova, the history of Russia’s wars on Chechnya is inseparable from the story of her mother, Natalia Estemirova, a prominent human rights defender who documented abuses in the North Caucasus republic.