On December 11th, 1994, the Russian army launched a massive military operation aimed at crushing the secessionist regime that was in control of the Chechen Republic since 1991. During this conflict, ...
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Russia's war-scarred Chechnya region continues to be plagued by torture and unlawful detentions, with human rights violations rarely investigated, a European anti-torture committee said Tuesday.The...
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More than 500 armed militants in Chechnya and other parts of Russia's troubled North Caucasus surrendered to authorities as part of an amnesty that expired Monday, an official said.Authorities prop...
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President Vladimir Putin nominated a widely feared security chief as the new president of Chechnya on Thursday, while Europe's human rights chief denounced torture and other rampant abuses in the w...
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Two Russian officers were convicted by a military court Thursday of killing three construction workers at checkpoint in Chechnya.One of the officers, Lt. Yevgeny Khudyakov, failed to show up for th...
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The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday found the Russian authorities responsible for the killings of four members of a Chechen family in 2003 and ordered Moscow to pay a relative $114,000.T...
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Chechnya's parliament approved a widely feared former security chief as president of the war-battered Russian republic in a nearly unanimous vote Friday, a day after President Vladimir Putin nomina...
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A Russian military helicopter heading to a battle with separatist rebels crashed in Chechnya on Friday, killing all 18 people aboard, emergency officials said.There were conflicting reports about w...
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Four soldiers were convicted Thursday of killing a truck driver and five passengers in Chechnya, but three of the defendants have been missing since disappearing while on trial.A three-judge panel ...
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A widely feared former security chief who has been linked to human rights abuses was sworn in as Chechnya's new president Thursday, vowing to bring prosperity to the region wracked by two wars, gro...
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The Chechen Conflict
Chechnya accused of torture
