New Face of Terrorism

In 2003 the United Nations referred to Grozny, the capital of Chechnya and epicenter of two wars with Russia, as the most destroyed city on earth. After years of reconstruction, Grozny is home again to more than a quarter million people. It’s also where Kathryn Smart is study­ing the Chechen language and conduct­ing research. “And walking so much I know the city better than the taxi driv­ers,” she adds.