Chechen

International Flight Leaves Grozny Airport For First Time In 15 Years

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.16.2009 | World


The first international flight to leave conflict-hit Chechnya in 15 years has taken off from the airport in Grozny....

Chechnya: Gunmen Kill 5 Police Officers In Convoy Ambush

New York Times | Posted 09.03.2009 | World


Gunmen attacked a police convoy in the Russian republic of Chechnya on Sunday evening, killing at least five officers and wounding four others, invest...

Sulim Yamadayev, Former Chechen Rebel Boss, Assassinated In Dubai

The Independent | By Shaun Walker in Moscow | Posted 04.30.2009 | World


An opponent of Chechnya's Moscow-backed president, Ramzan Kadyrov, has been shot dead in Dubai. The murder of Sulim Yamadayev is the latest in a line ...

Stanislav Markelov: Russian Lawyer In Prominent Chechnya Cases Shot Dead

AP | MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 02.19.2009 | World


MOSCOW — A Russian human rights lawyer renowned for his work on abuses in Chechnya was shot to death Monday by a masked gunman who followed him ...