Ramzan Kadyrov

Russia

Award-winning Russian investigative journalist attacked in Chechnya

Milashina has long exposed human rights violations in Chechnya and has faced threats, intimidation and attacks. In 2020, Milashina and a lawyer accompanying her were beaten by a dozen people in the lobby of their hotel.

04/07/2023

Russia

Euroviews. No mutiny is worth it to Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov — at least for now

As long as Putin sits on his gilded throne in Moscow, Ramzan Kadyrov will stay as close to him as humanly possible, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

26/06/2023

Russia

Putin loyalist accuses Ukraine of kidnapping favourite horse

Ramzan Kadyrov, who leads the Chechen Republic, said the amount demanded as a ransom was "mere pennies" to him.

16/05/2023

Sweden

Dissident claims he 'staged own death' to avoid assassination

The opposition blogger alleged he planned and orchestrated reports of his own murder last year to evade getting bumped off by hitmen..

19/04/2023

Ukraine

'TikTok warriors': What are Chechen fighters doing in Ukraine?

Chechens - including radical Islamists - are fighting alongside Ukrainian troops, while Russia has used them to execute deserters and do its dirty work on the battlefield.

20/01/2023

Russia

Russia failed to investigate activist's murder, says European court

The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Russia for "failing to properly investigate" the 2009 murder of human rights activist Natalia Estemirova.

31/08/2021

Austria

Russian convicted for Vienna murder of Chechen blogger

The 43-year-old victim, an ex-policeman and YouTube critic of Ramzan Kadyrov’s regime in Chechnya, was shot in the head on an industrial estate last year.

06/08/2021

Austria

Chechens protest over 'Kremlin-backed' killing of activist in Vienna

Austrian police say last weekend's killing of the 43-year-old, named locally as Anzor Umarov, could be politically motivated

09/07/2020

World

Will the murder of Natalia Estemirova now be properly investigated?

Thirteen human rights organisations have joined together to call for investigation into a the murder of a prominent Chechen human rights activist.

15/07/2019