Chechnya
Two gay men returned to Chechnya face 'mortal danger': rights group
The LGBT Network rights group helped the two Chechen men, Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isayev, flee Chechnya for Nizhny Novgorod east of Moscow in June last year...
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Chechen women go places with female-only taxi service
At the wheel of a white sedan bearing the bright purple logo "Mekhkari", the name of the service launched this spring, the 49-year-old taxi driver explains the appeal of women drivers in the conservative region.
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Two charged with Nemtsov killing include Chechen officer – report
Russian authorities said on Sunday they were holding five men over the killing of Boris Nemtsov.
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At least 20 killed in fighting in Russia’s Chechnya
Gunmen attacked a police post and stormed a building on Thursday in Grozny.
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6 gunmen, 3 policemen killed in Chechnya
The attack underlines the fragile security in Chechnya more than a decade after troops were deployed.
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Russia: militants seized with bomb
Five Islamist militants were arrested in another security scare weeks before the Winter Olympics.
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SA condemns Russian bomb blasts
Two seperate terrorist attacks in Volgograd have left at least 33 people dead and over 100 injured.
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Bloody attack in Dagestan
More violence has erupted in Russia's Northern Caucas region between Islamists and Russian forces.
