Daghestani journalist sentenced to 17 years for ‘financing terrorism’
A number of human rights and media advocacy groups maintain that Gadzhiyev’s arrest and sentencing was politically motivated.
Chechen domestic abuse victim ‘abducted and sent to Grozny’
Human rights activists warn that Seda Suleymanova might be murdered in Chechnya.
Same-sex proposal stirs controversy in Daghestan
Russian reality TV star Laurita Karpova and her partner had filmed their marriage proposal in the republic.
‘Georgian cinema is in danger’: filmmakers take on the culture ministry
Georgian filmmakers are protesting a ‘reorganisation’ of the country’s film centre, which they claim threatens a new era of censorship.
Explosion at petrol station kills over 30 in Daghestan
Over 100 people were injured in the blast, which is the latest of a series of gas explosions to take place in the republic this month.
Russian soldier from Daghestan allegedly tortured by his superiors
The mother of one of the mobilized for the war in Ukraine from Daghestan announced the torture of her son.
Heads of Chechnya and Daghestan criticise police for disrupting Friday prayer in Moscow
Kadyrov and Melikov spoke about the actions of law enforcement agencies in the Muslim centre in Dzerzhinsky.
Locals praising Georgian PM in video found to be government employees
The same group of civil servants was shown praising Gharibashvili at three different locations in Tsageri.
Russian journalist and lawyer attacked in Chechnya
A lawyer from the Crew Against Torture and a Novaya Gazeta journalist were beaten on their way to Grozny.
German prosecutors demand 11 years for alleged Chechen assassin
Federal prosecutors accuse Valid Dadakaev of planning an ‘insidious murder with base motives’ against the brother of Tumso Abdurakhmanov.