Chechnya
Chechen Union of Journalists accuses Novaya Gazeta of ‘working for the West’
The Chechen Union of Journalists has issued an official statement condemning Novaya Gazeta’s reporting of a mass execution of detainees in Chechnya. They claim that the author of the article, Yelena Milashina, ‘suffers from maniacal obsession and a pathological predilection for revealing imaginary crimes’. The Union of Journalists released their statement after a number of Chechen officials, including Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov, denied the mass execution of 27 detainees in January. The
