View Rights under threat in Europe | View Across Europe, emboldened groups advocate hate and discrimination, levering themselves into mainstream politics. Meanwhile, established political parties are absorbing their ideas and parroting their hateful rhetoric. 10/12/2018
world news Chechen leader gives boy Mercedes for completing 4,105 push-ups Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has given a five-year-old boy a Mercedes after he completed 4,105 push-ups. 16/11/2018
Russia Chechen football fans give Salah 100kg birthday cake Egypt forward Mohamed Salah's 26th birthday didn't get off to a good start as his team lost to Uruguay in their first group match of the World Cup. 16/06/2018
Russia Team Egypt's Salah poses with Chechen leader ahead of World Cup Egyptian football star Salah poses for controversial photo-op with Chechen’s Kadyrov before World Cup starts in Russia. 12/06/2018
France Eyewitnesses describe the panic as the Paris stabbings unfolded A man killed a 29-year-old in the French capital's Opera district on Saturday and wounded four others, before being shot dead by police. 13/05/2018
world news Daughter of Chechen leader showcases collection based on traditional Muslim clothing Aishat Kadyrova's show was attended by members of the Russian elite 25/10/2017
Russia Chechen man sentenced for killing Russian opposition leader A court in Moscow has sentenced a Chechen man to 20 years in jail for killing Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov two years ago. 13/07/2017
Russia Russian LGBT activists arrested during march against 'killing and torture' of gay men in Chechnya Human rights activists have taken to the streets of the Russian city of St Petersburg to protest against the alleged detention, torture and killing of gay men in… 01/05/2017
world news "Detention centres" for LGBT citizens reported in Chechnya According to the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, Chechen authorities have set up a series of camps or prisons where gay men have been killed or tortured before being made to leave the… 11/04/2017
world news Chechen gay men 'go missing' in alleged anti-gay campaign Dozens of homosexual men are disappearing in Chechnya, that is according to a leading opposition newspaper in Russia. 06/04/2017
Poland Refugees from Chechnya unsuccessfully seek refuge in Poland Almost every day at the Belarusian-Polish border, hundreds of Chechens try to apply for refugee status. Only a small number succeed, despite interventions from NGOs and lawyers. 03/04/2017
world news Deadly attack on Russian military base in Chechnya More than 12 people are dead after an attack by Chechen militants against a Russian military base. 24/03/2017
Russia Russian police shoot dead militants in Chechnya Russian special forces have shot dead at least seven suspected militants during an operation in Chechnya. 18/12/2016
Russia Masked men attack journalists and rights activists in the Northern Caucasus A group of journalists and human rights activists in Russia's Northern Caucasus has been attacked by a group of masked men 10/03/2016
world news Journalist group comes under attack en-route to Chechnya Journalists and human rights activists heading to Chechnya on a press trip have been attacked and their minibus set on fire. That is according to the 10/03/2016
world news Thousands attend rally for pro-Kremlin Chechen leader Kadyrov A genuine show of support or a sham? Thousands of people have rallied in Chechnya’s capital, Grozny, to back the region’s pro-Kremlin leader Ramzan 22/01/2016
world news Head of Chechen republic vows to revenge national beheaded by ISIL Chechnya’s president has promised a one-way ticket to eternity for the killers of a Chechen murdered on video by the radical Islamic State movement 04/12/2015
world news Chechnya opens first women-only beach Chechnya has opened its first ever women-only beach. The sandy strip outside the provincial capital, Grozny will be off limits to men in line with 11/08/2015
world news Chechen leader backs forced marriage of police chief to teenage girl Ramzan Kadyrov the leader of Chechnya has given his blessing to a police chief who took a 17 year-old-girl as his second wife in a forced marriage 17/05/2015
Russia Russian Navy vessels test fire-power amid nationwide drills More than 30 Russian Navy vessels have been taking part in drills in the Barents Sea. The exercises are said to be testing readiness against any 21/03/2015
no comment Chechnya: Hundreds of thousands march against Charlie Hebdo "immoral" cartoons Hundreds of thousands of people staged a rally in Chechnya on Monday (January 19) to protest the satirical cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published 20/01/2015
Russia [WATCH] Human rights activists pelted with eggs over Chechnya claims The leader of a Moscow-based human rights group has been pelted with eggs at close range during a press conference in the Russian capital. Head of 12/12/2014
Ukraine Chechen 'death' unit fighting with rebels in eastern Ukraine Hundreds of fighters from the Russian republic of Chechnya have joined the insurgents in East Ukraine. The so-called “death unit” has made a former 10/12/2014
world news Rebel raid on Chechen capital Grozny leaves 20 people dead At least 20 people were killed in Chechnya - 10 police and 10 suspected militants - after heavily-armed rebels stormed the turbulent Russian region's capital, Grozny. 04/12/2014
world news Chechen rebels stage deadly attack on Grozny ahead of big Putin speech At least 19 people have been killed as security forces battled rebels who stormed the Chechen capital Grozny ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the union address. 04/12/2014
world news School siege underway in Grozny after deadly gunfight in Chechen capital Just hours ahead of Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Russian parliament violence erupts in restive Chechnya 04/12/2014
![[WATCH] Human rights activists pelted with eggs over Chechnya claims](https://static.euronews.com/articles/291952/210x136_291952.jpg "[WATCH] Human rights activists pelted with eggs over Chechnya claims")
