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GEORGIA KILLS SUSPECTED LEADER OF ISTANBUL ATTACK
Akhmed Chatayev was killed in a special operation in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, during which three other people also died... READ MORE›
GEORGIA SEEKING ANSWERS AFTER TBILISI TERROR INCIDENT
Pankisi Valley, 160km northeast from Tbilisi, is a majority Sunni Muslim part of predominantly Orthodox Christian Georgia... READ MORE›
'NO ONE KNOWS WHO WILL BE NEXT'
That is why activists say the case of Maxim Lapunov is so important... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN MAN REVEALS HE'S A VICTIM OF CHECHNYA'S 'GAY PURGE'
Chechnya is part of the Russian Federation, but its authoritarian leader Ramzan Khadyrov wields a great deal of independence... READ MORE›
A MAN TORTURED IN CHECHNYA FOR BEING GAY DARES TO GO PUBLIC WITH HIS STORY
Many men have been spirited out of Chechnya to other regions in Russia, as well as abroad to Europe, the United States and Canada... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Chechnya
INSIDE THE ANTI-GAY POGROM IN CHECHNYA
When two gay men meet, they don't tell one another their true names, Maksim said... READ MORE›
CHECHEN AUTHORITIES ARRESTING AND KILLING GAY MEN, RUSSIAN PAPER SAYS
The group had not applied for a permit in Chechnya, but in another Muslim region in southern Russia, Kabardino-Balkaria... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | SHE BROKE THE STORY OF CHECHNYA'S ANTI-GAY PURGE. NOW, SHE SAYS SHE HAS TO FLEE RUSSIA.
People protest outside the Russian Embassy in London on April 12, following reports of the torture and murder of gay men in Chechnya... READ MORE›
CHECHEN POLICE 'HAVE ROUNDED UP MORE THAN 100 SUSPECTED GAY MEN'
In Chechnya, the command was given for a 'prophylactic sweep' and it went as far as real murders, Novaya Gazeta reported... READ MORE›
RAMZAN KADYROV SAYS THERE ARE NO GAY MEN IN CHECHNYA -- AND IF THERE ARE ANY, THEY SHOULD MOVE TO CANADA
Although the Russian government has largely dismissed concerns about LGBT rights in Chechnya, it may add to growing friction between the Kremlin and Grozny... READ MORE›
MEMO FROM MOSCOW RUSSIA SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TERRORISTS FAMILIES ARE TARGETED
The Russian security services have also manipulated relatives for various ends, such as to inadvertently pass poisoned food to suspected militants on the run... READ MORE›
LGBT ACTIVISTS DETAINED IN MOSCOW WHILE PETITIONING AGAINST CHECHEN PURGE
Last week Angela Merkel urged Vladimir Putin to investigate what was going on in Chechnya... READ MORE›
PUTINS CLOSEST ALLY AND HIS BIGGEST LIABILITY
They carried professionally printed portraits of Putin, Akhmad and Ramzan Kadyrov, as well as banners declaring which institutions they studied at... READ MORE›
GAY CHECHENS ATTACKED AT HOME FIND DOORS OPENING IN EUROPE
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Emmanuel Macron of France have pushed Vladimir V. Putin, the Russian president, to intervene personally... READ MORE›
CHECHEN GAY MEN HOPEFUL OF FINDING REFUGE IN FIVE COUNTRIES
Chechnya is run by Ramzan Kadyrov, an authoritarian leader with a notorious private militia, fiercely loyal to Russian President Vladimir Putin... READ MORE›
5 RUSSIAN-SPEAKING CHILDREN ORPHANED IN IRAQ BROUGHT BACK HOME TO RUSSIA
5 Russian-speaking children orphaned in Iraq brought back home to Russia -- RT News... READ MORE›
'BLATANT ATTEMPT BY RUSSIA TO INTIMIDATE THOSE STANDING UP FOR GAY PEOPLE,' ACTIVISM GROUP SAYS
LGBT activist Igor Yasin said five people were detained Thursday morning outside the Prosecutor General's Office in Moscow... READ MORE›
COTSWOLDS PUBLIC SCHOOLBOY TURNED UKRAINE MILITIA COMMANDER
He d have pockets stuffed full of dollars, said Mr Workman Osmayev and his Chechen and Russian friends at Wycliffe would entertain a gaggle of girls... READ MORE›
REPORTS: SUSPECT IN RUSSIAN ASSASSINATION DIES IN BLAST
Nemtsov, 55, an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was shot and killed Feb... READ MORE›
CHECHEN 'FANATICS THREATEN ENTIRE STAFF' OF RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER AFTER IT ALLEGES ABUSE OF GAY MEN
Earlier this week, several hundred people attended a rally outside the Russian embassy in London, waving rainbow flags to protest the allegations... READ MORE›
'GOVERNMENT ABUSE' OF THE INTERNET MAKES SOME PEOPLE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS, STUDY FINDS
The areas with the highest Internet penetration are North America, Europe, and parts of Asia... READ MORE›
KREMLIN'S HAND SUSPECTED IN SHOOTING OF CHECHEN
All Istanbul's Chechens involved in the Caucasus Emirate now live in fear of attack... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS THE RECENT HISTORY OF TERRORIST ATTACKS IN RUSSIA
May 2004 -- A suicide attack at a stadium in Grozny, capital of Chechnya, killed 24 people on May 9... READ MORE›
RUSSIA URGED TO INVESTIGATE 'HORRIFIC' REPORTS OF GAY MEN BEING KILLED IN CHECHNYA
Ramzan Kadyrov, president of the southern Russian region of Chechnya, denies that the alleged abuses have taken place... READ MORE›
NEMTSOV SUSPECT WAS A 'DEEP BELIEVER' ANGERED BY CHARLIE HEBDO
The two charged men were reportedly detained in the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, which borders Chechnya... READ MORE›
BORIS NEMTSOV MURDER SUSPECT: POLICE FORCED ME TO CONFESS TO KILLING
Zaur Dadayev is suspected of being behind the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov... READ MORE›
20 YEARS AFTER CHECHEN WAR, FAMILIES STILL SEARCHING FOR MISSING BODIES
Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya's Kremlin-appointed leader, has overseen a massive campaign to rebuild Grozny with the help of cash injections from Moscow... READ MORE›
TWO SUSPECTS IN ISTANBUL ATTACK IDENTIFIED AS RUSSIAN
Chatayev is identified on a United Nations sanctions list as a leader in Islamic State responsible for training Russian-speaking militants... READ MORE›
HUMAN RIGHTS COURT FINDS 'SERIOUS FAILINGS' BY RUSSIA IN BESLAN MASSACRE
After three days of fruitless negotiations, explosions in the school prompted Russian security forces to storm the gymnasium... READ MORE›
KREMLIN CRITICS KILLED DURING VLADIMIR PUTIN'S LEADERSHIP
Litvinenko was an associate of the self-exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky... READ MORE›
EXPLOSIONS IN RUSSIA'S STAVROPOL REGION, THREE SUICIDE BOMBERS DEAD
The suicide bombers were killed by the blasts and no one else was hurt, according to RIA news agency... READ MORE›
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS BATTLE ON AS CHECHNYA CRACKS DOWN
The human rights group, which works to bring to justice Russian police and officials who use torture on prisoners, had its offices in Chechnya broken into... READ MORE›
RIGHTS GROUPS URGE RUSSIA TO END ALLEGED KILLINGS OF GAYS IN CHECHNYA
MOSCOW -- International organizations on Thursday urged the Russian government to investigate the reported abuse and killings of gay men in Russia's southern republic of Chechnya... READ MORE›
IN RUSSIA'S CHECHNYA, HOMOSEXUALITY IS TABOO AND GAY MEN ARE ROUTINELY TORTURED
Homosexuality is a taboo in conservative Chechnya, and the gay community there was used to leading a double life... READ MORE›
BORIS NEMTSOV KILLING: TWO CHARGED WITH POLITICIAN'S MURDER
The Kremlin has called Russians fighting in Ukraine volunteers ... READ MORE›