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EurasiaNet
April 3, 2018
The government of Chechnya has expressed its readiness to construct a road to neighboring Georgia. The unlikely project was announced by Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, who said he has been in talks with the Russian government to set it in motion. The road is one of four ambitious infrastructureÃâà...
vestnik kavkaza
April 1, 2018
The government of Chechnya is ready to construct a road between Chechnya and Georgia, - President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said. According to Ekho Kavkaza, Kadyrov discussed this issue at the meeting with Abubakar Edelgeriev, the head of the government, IntrePressNews repoted. KadyrovÃâà...
Borgen Project
January 20, 2018
In May 2017, France accepted its first gay refugee after becoming aware of the persecution faced by LGBT people in Chechnya. It is said that the government of Chechnya tells its citizens that gay people do not exist while also imprisoning gay men in concentration camps. It is alleged that at least three menÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
November 22, 2017
... determined to be cocaine was found in his room. He later claimed he had fired the shots into the ceiling "in despair" after undergoing a breakdown. Dzhabrailov, a businessman, represented the executive branch of the government of Chechnya in the Federation Council, Russia's upper parliament house,Ãâà...
New Straits Times Online
November 18, 2017
The suspect, originally from Chechnya, was arrested in Kiev. "According to Interpol, the foreigner participated in a series of sponsored murders, in particular that of Forbes' editor-in-chief, the US citizen Paul Khlebnikov," as well as a Chechnyan government official, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) saidÃâà...
Jakarta Post
November 18, 2017
The suspect, originally from Chechnya, was arrested in Kiev. "According to Interpol, the foreigner participated in a series of sponsored murders, in particular that of Forbes' editor-in-chief, the US citizen Paul Khlebnikov," as well as a Chechnyan government official, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) saidÃâà...
Metro
October 23, 2017
But since then his Instagram account has been shut down with no explanation, attitude.co.uk reported. There have also been reports from Chechnya state media he moved to Germany but these were not verified. Reports emerged earlier this year claiming the Chechnyan government was rounding up gayÃâà...
International Business Times
October 23, 2017
The Chechnyan government has reportedly been rounding up gay men since early this year and torturing them. Maxim Lapunov, one of the victims of the apparent cleanse, reported his experience to Russian authorities, Human Rights Watch reported Wednesday. According to Lapunov, he was beaten andÃâà...
https://en.crimerussia.com/
September 21, 2017
Transparency intends to inquire with the Russian President Administration, administration of the head and the government of Chechnya to learn whether “Kadyrov submitted notices of the received gift and at what sum was the horse estimated”. Tags: Chechen Republic Corruption. Reddit. Facebook. Twitter.
ELLE UK
May 31, 2017
Back in April, the government of Chechnya denied the reports by claiming there are no homosexuals within their borders because, if there were, they would have been exiled by their families. And now? Well, foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday insisted there were 'no facts' in reports about theÃâà...
Broadly
May 19, 2017
"A number of sources have told us that the government of Chechnya is involved in the prosecution of LGBT people in the country, so this is very much an 'Infinite Jest' kind of situation where the people responsible for the prosecution are supposedly trying to investigate their own crimes," she said.
Mediaite
April 28, 2017
Avengers director Joss Whedon somehow thought it was a good idea on Thursday to use a picture of House Speaker Paul Ryan meeting with teenage survivors of childhood cancer as a setup to snark at President Donald Trump on Twitter (see screengrab above, as well as the embedded Tweet fromÃâà...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
April 27, 2017
(JTA) — The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum said it was “deeply concerned” about recent reports that the Chechnyan government is persecuting gay men. “The reports about the targeting of LGBT persons in Chechnya combined with statements from Chechen officials seemingly endorsing violence areÃâà...
Yahoo News
April 26, 2017
Zakharova was less forthcoming when it came to discussing recent reports that the Chechnyan government is arresting and torturing gay men. She would only say that Russia is holding an investigation into the matter. Human rights groups say at least three men have died in these alleged incarcerations.
Wonkette (blog)
April 25, 2017
It's been reported that the Chechnyan government has detained over 100 men upon suspicion of being gay, “beaten and tortured” many of them, and reportedly killed four. Even worse, Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov reportedly wants to “eliminate” the gay community by the beginning of RamadanÃâà...
NewNowNext
April 21, 2017
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has publicly declared he wants to see his country's LGBT community eliminated by the start of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. British foreign minister Alan Duncan revealed the threat today during a parliament session about the ongoing “purge” of homosexuals inÃâà...
The Good Men Project (blog)
April 10, 2017
According to multiple media outlets and human rights groups, Chechen leader and ally of Vladimir Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov, has just authorized a concentration camp for men “suspected of being homosexual.” It is the world's first concentration camp for gay people since Hitler's camps established in theÃâà...
New York Times
June 3, 2015
They suggested that the attack was officially sanctioned by the government of Chechnya, which is led by Ramzan A. Kadyrov, a close ally of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. It was not the first attack on the Committee Against Torture, which seeks to draw attention to human rights abuses in ChechnyaÃâà...
