The younger generations of Chechen and Ingush peoples began to learn about what had happened to their parents and grandparents. They finally heard the stories of how, during World War II ...
effectively beginning the First Chechen War. Thirty years later and two wars since, Chechnya, under strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, has become a key pillar of Russian President Vladimir Putin's ...
It is the first in a series of bulletins that will document violations of human rights and humanitarian law by all forces in the war in Chechnya. Russian forces have shown utter contempt for ...
was alive and being held captive in Chechnya along with several other Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs). A Ukrainian soldier who was released in a prisoner swap in June 2023 told Rashevska that he ...
Enforced disappearances in Chechnya are so widespread and systematic that they constitute crimes against humanity. Human Rights Watch urges the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to take ...
A cat walks next to a tank of pro-Russian troops in front of an apartment building damaged during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 19, 2022. REUTERS ...
GROZNY, March 7. /TASS/. Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has denied Western and Ukrainian news reports that there is a "black market" for exchanging prisoners of war in Russia. He said news media ...