Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's fighters are calling on the state authorities to act against the protesters.

Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov said that France was ‘forcing people into terrorism'

The Russian intervention in Syria has been, by most accounts, a success. And Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to do everything he can to keep it that way.

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The US air strike on a Syrian air force base in Homs became a "generous gift" for terrorists in Syria, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on his Instagram page.

More than 100 gay men have been detained and at least three have been killed by authorities in Chechnya, according to a Russian newspaper cited Saturday in The New York Times.

The disturbing report from Novaya Gazeta, which cites government and police sources, follows a week of rumors about gay men mysteriously disappearing off the streets of the Russian republic, the Times reports.

Montenegro opposition leaders on Wednesday presented the investment potential of their small Adriatic country at a meeting in Grozny with the speaker of the Chechen parliament, Magomed Daudov.

While Russian President Vladimir Putin's air campaign in Syria may have other aims, one result seems to be that it is hitting Islamists from Russia's Caucasus, say analysts.
 

The authorities in Chechnya have created the first beach for Muslim women in an effort to tone down tensions in the region of Grozny. The beach on Tuesday and is enclosed by 1.8 meter fence, while all women using it have to adhere to the strict Muslim dress code, which forbids disrespectful attire.

A man who is suspected of involvement in the killing of the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria?s honorary consul in Ankara in 2013 told friends that his group committed the crime for $1 million, a witness has told the court.

Medet Ünlü, 53, was killed by armed assailants at the honorary consulate in Ankara on May 22, 2013.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has said Akhmat Umarov, who is allegedly hiding in Turkey and is a brother of the late warlord Doku Umarov, was behind the fatal attack on a police checkpoint in Grozny on Dec. 4, ITAR-TASS News Agency has reported.