Russia’s neighbours fear the country is downplaying coronavirus outbreaks in two of its notoriously unstable regions. An intelligence source in Georgia told Insider that the country believes the regions of Chechnya and Ingushetia have larger outbreaks than reported. The two regions have done only 3,000 tests on their two million […]
The threat by the Chechnya leader is credible because of Ramzan Kadyrov’s long history of allegedly murdering people who displease him. Coronavirus victims have already been forced to confess on Chechen TV. Kadyrov’s security forces have previously jailed, beaten, and killed LGBT community members. People who fail to self-quarantine after […]
Police in France believe they have identified the man who killed anti-Putin blogger Imran Aliev in France last month. A source told Insider that the man – whom authorities refuse to name – travelled to Germany, then flew to Moscow. Investigators think Aliev’s death is linked to Ramzan Kadyrov, the […]
French police believe the killing of a Chechen opposition blogger in a French hotel last week was “politically motivated,” an official briefed on the case told Business Insider. Imran Aliev, a 44-year-old blogger who was vocally opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, died when […]
About 40 gay men and women were detained in a widespread purge against LGBT people in Chechnya, a mostly-Muslim region in southern Russia, activists said. Two gay men were tortured to death in detention, the Russian LGBT Network said on Monday. The latest alleged purge, which reportedly started last month, […]
A Ukrainian veteran sniper was shot dead, and...
A car bombing in Kyiv on Friday killed a...
Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, gave a...
There may be more at play with Russia's...
Despite the lukewarm relations at the best of...
Kadyrov gives another bizarre rant.
She's younger than his children.
The people who killed Boris Nemtsov, a liberal...
There has been no shortage of rumours and...
Russia's professional troublemakers have...
Dozen of Chechens are now reportedly fighting...
Russia might use Chechens soldiers loyal to the...
Next Page »
