Timur Aliev
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Human rights activists appalled by Moscow’s elevation of the notorious prime minister to lead the republic.
A Chechen journalist recalls the part Anna Politkovskaya played in his life – and that of many others.
A confident Ramzan Kadyrov turns 30, and looks to the Chechen presidency.
Will Chechen militants take up the offer of an amnesty now that their most high-profile leader is dead?
Moscow-backed prime minister says women should wear headscarves, in a move that human rights activists fear brings the country one step closer to Sharia law.
Exclusion of advocates of separatism from assembly ballot underlines Chechnya’s democratic deficit.
Tens of thousands of Chechens are seeking a new life in Europe.
The one-time mayor of Grozny wants a seat in the future Chechen parliament.
Plan to grant Chechen administration wide economic powers is still in first draft, but it is already under fire from all sides.
How has the man the Kremlin calls “the world’s number-two terrorist” avoided being captured by the Russians for the last five years?