A prominent opposition activist from Russia's North Caucasus region of Ingushetia has been detained upon arrival to his native region.
Human rights activist Oyub Titiyev has been charged with drug possession and ordered jailed for two months in pretrial detention in Chechnya, a lawyer and associates said.
Oyub Titiyev worked tirelessly but quietly to expose human rights violations in the Russian region of Chechnya. Although few people outside the region had heard of him, it seems agents of Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov were displeased with his activism.
The United States, European representatives, and human rights groups in Russia and abroad have condemned the detention of a leading activist in Chechnya on narcotics charges and called for his immediate release.
The family of a Georgian teenager who died after being badly injured in what authorities said was a counterterrorist operation in the Pankisi Gorge region is calling for a thorough investigation into the death.
Activists say that the head of the prominent Russian human rights group Memorial's office in Chechnya has been detained.
A minibus driver in Makhachkala, Russia, who offers free rides every Friday has been rewarded for his generosity. Grateful passengers have raised cash to send Abdulmedzhid Chupalayev to the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. (Current Time TV)
Authorities in Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya say they killed a man after he allegedly shot and killed a police officer.
Facebook says it blocked the social-media accounts of Ramzan Kadyrov because the Kremlin-backed Chechen leader had become subject to financial and travel sanctions imposed by the U.S. government.
Russia's Republic of Kalmykia has marked the 74th anniversary of the start of mass deportations of Kalmyks to Siberia by Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
A group of teachers and linguists is mounting a petition drive to urge President Vladimir Putin to preserve the mandatory status of Ossetian-language classes in the North Ossetia region.
2017 saw increased targeting of gay communities in former Soviet republics by official crackdowns and homophobic thugs. Horrific tales have emerged from Chechnya, Azerbaijan, and Central Asia -- even leading activists to create a secret “underground railroad” to bring victims to safety in the West.
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