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Kyiv Post
March 3, 2018
A woman walks on an avenue named after Russian President Vladimir Putin in front of the Grozny city administration's building displaying portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Akhmad Kadyrov (R), former Chechen Republic's president and father of current Head of the Chechen RepublicÃâà...
RAPSI
March 2, 2018
MOSCOW, March 2 (RAPSI) – The Prosecutor of Chechnya has been authorized to provide supervision over investigation into Oyub Ttiyev, the head of the republic's office of Memorial NGO, according to the statement published on the website of Russia's Presidential Council for Human Rights (CHR) onÃâà...
StopFake.org
March 2, 2018
The topic of gays is only part of a large-scale information and psychological attack being carried out against Chechnya by organizations financed by the U.S. government and international organizations sponsored by Western intelligence agencies. In Chechnya, men have only one orientation, and its impactÃâà...
GetReligion (blog)
February 28, 2018
In a New York Times photo, 4-year-old Bilal looks like any other kid sitting in bed, lost in a video game on a smartphone. But there is a back-story. Bilal grew up in Mosul, Iraq, living on the run with his father, who was a fighter for the Islamic State. And right there is the question facing officials in RussiaÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 28, 2018
A criminal complaint says the Alexandria, Virginia, residents purchased more than 100 disassembled firearms and tried to ship them to Chechnya without a license, using false shipping inventories and disguising the parts as kitchen utensils and car seat covers. Postal employees told investigators the pairÃâà...
New York Times
February 24, 2018
GROZNY, Russia — Every day, Belant Zulgayeva gets a knot in her throat watching her grandchildren play their violent games, what she calls their “little war.” They talk very little, but they run around, hide and, occasionally, slam one another to the ground with a disturbing ferocity. Ms. Zulgayeva is on theÃâà...
Bloody Elbow
February 20, 2018
Ushukov's rise to stardom in Chechnya raises some concerns about the role of combat sports within Kaydrov's government, and whether it is simply an extension of his regime. Since then, Kadyrov has continued to blur the lines between militarism and athletics, including in the development of Chechnya'sÃâà...
Human Rights Watch
February 9, 2018
Thank you for your letter regarding the abuse of LGBT people in Chechnya and related threats against journalists of Novaya Gazeta. As the issues of anti-discrimination and press freedom related to our events are under the responsibllity of the FIFA administration, President Infantino has asked me toÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
December 31, 1999
Neither Chechnya nor Kadyrov are known for skiing, and one of the reporters there was interested in another topic: What was his response to accusations by a Russian media outlet that Kadyrov's security forces had systematically rounded up members of the LGBT community and tortured or killed them?
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