Tag: Chechnya
A Novaya Gazeta journalist and lawyer was brutally beaten in Chechnya
Award-winning journalist Yelena Milašina and lawyer Aleksandr Nemov were on their way to a controversial trial when masked assailants stopped their taxi and assaulted them. MOSCOW Masked attackers assaulted an…
The wars in Chechnya should have taught us what kind of violence Russia is ready for, says EPN’s retiring foreign correspondent Jyrki Saarikoski
– An era is coming to an end. – A huge amount of know-how is lost. Thus Jyrki Saarikoski colleagues describe the retirement of a long-time foreign journalist. Saarikoski’s taival…
An NGO denounces forced recruitment in Chechnya for the war in Ukraine
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine will enter its sixth month at the end of the week, the Russian military faces a growing need for troops. In Chechnya, to achieve…
Zelensky’s sending Chechnya to Putin: They suffered more casualties
The world closely follows Russia’s attempt to invade Ukraine. Western sanctions have not yet made Russia back down. When the negotiations between the two countries were inconclusive, the Ukrainians had…
They almost declared a ‘war’ on Chechnya! They sent troops to Ukraine on the side of Russia.
Chechnya fighting in Ukraine on the side of Russia and the reactions against the Chechnya government under Ramazan Kadyrov turned into action. Anonymous, the most well-known hacker group in the…
human rights defenders demand accountability from Moscow
Human rights defenders are calling Russian authorities to account after the detention of Zarema Moussaeva, the wife of a former Chechen judge. She had been kidnapped at the end of…
The Kremlin tacks in the case of the arrest of the mother of a Chechen opponent
The case of the kidnapping and arrest of Zarema Musaeva Yangulbayev, mother of a Chechen opponent, in Nijni Novgorod, then the threats of beheading of her entire family, have caused…
concerns over the kidnapping of the mother of a former NGO lawyer
Human rights NGOs are calling on the Russian authorities to shed full light on the kidnapping of Zarema Moussaeva. Originally from Chechnya, she is the mother of a former lawyer…