Obama Has Never Used The Word 'Chechnya' Publicly During Presidency

According to Politico, President Barack Obama has never “said the word ‘Chechnya’ publicly.”

The publication points out that other past presidents have remained relatively quiet about Chechnya due to the Russian leadership’s sensitivity over the subject:

“President Barack Obama and his administration have been quiet on the continued tensions between Vladmir Putin’s government and the area that is its federal subject. That follows the pattern of his predecessors: Bill Clinton pushed Boris Yeltsin to find a peaceful settlement to what began in 1994 as a war to gain independence from Russia, as did George W. Bush.”