The Finnish-Russian Civic Forum has reported that the famous Chechen singer and song-maker, Liza Umarova, has applied for asylum in Finland.

Sergey Melnikoff, the American artist, proposes an extraordinary exposition revealing the criminal essence of the Russian authority. The exhibition will include poster-size photographs reflecting the bloody history and harsh reality of Kremlin practicing the genocide of Chechen nation in the continuous war in Chechnya.

I was rushing to a meeting when a call from Radio Liberty made me stand still: “Miss Lokshina, is it true that you showed a graphic photograph of five killed Chechen children to President Bush when he was in St. Pete for the 2006 G8 summit? Why did you do it? Why this particular case? Do you still remember it?”

The Kurier, a daily Austrian newspaper, has reported that the Provincial Court in St Pölten has fined a 40 year old Chechen woman for her financial aid to Chechen resistance fighters.

“The Russian authorities should finally bring to justice the killers of the leading Chechen right activist Natalya Estemirova, Human Rights Watch said on July 13 at a news conference in Moscow, Russia.

The Russian business newspaper, “Izvestia” has reported that Turkish Airlines (THY) wants to begin direct flights between Turkey and the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria’s capital city of Grozny.

“Het Nieuwsblad“, a Belgian newspaper, has reported that a Chechen asylum seeking family is facing deportation from Belgium to the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

Local sources have reported that armed invaders from the Russian Interior Ministry’s Criminal Investigation Department abducted two male civilians in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

The chairman of Commitee Against Torture (CAT), Igor Kalyapin, who is now in Grozny working in the Joint Mobile Group (JMT) of Russian human rights NGOs, has called the CAT press-service saying that on Saturday, July 7 he was questioned by an investigator of the Special Investigation Department under the Main Investigative Administration of the Russian Investigative Committee for the Southern federal territory.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has fined Russia at two judgement at around 355,000 Euros for abduction and disappearance of five Chechen men in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in 2001 and 2004, the court said in a statement today.

Earlier, we reported that on April 12, 2012, two former suspected Chechen resistance fighters were arrested on the border of Belarus and Poland. The suspects are still in jail in Brest, Belarus and await their extradition to Russia.

“Radio Marsho“, the Chechen language radio station has reported referring to its sources in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria that authorities from the pro-Russian regime have increased their attempts at using the relatives of Chechen mujahedeen to persuade members of the Chechen national liberty movement to surrender.

Local sources have reported that since the beginning of May 2012, at least 31 civilians have been abducted in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

Anastasya Krilenko, a journalist from Radio Svoboda, has recently visited the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and shared what she saw there.

“Die Presse“, a daily Austrian newspaper, has published a special report about the situation facing voluntary returned asylum seekers in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

The world’s largest kinjal dagger measuring 2.7m in length, 23cm in width and weighing 120 kilos is part of an exhibition that opened at the Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Foundation in Dubai on June 26, 2012.

Brabants Dagblad, a daily Dutch newspaper, has reported that a young Chechen mother is facing a forced deportation threat from the Netherlands into the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

Local newspapers have reported that one of the unofficial Chechen refugee camps in the Turkish city of Yalova was closed.

The “Nor’easters” – more than 60 of them – filed complaints in April and July of 2003. The applicants demanded that the government of the Russian Federation be recognized as having violated Articles 2 and 3 of European Convention (the right to life and prohibition of torture). They also wanted Russia to prosecute the organizers of the (hostage rescue) operation.

The Polish television channel TVP has reported that on June 17, a festival was organized in Lublin, Poland in honor of World Refugee Day.

Anita Rehoff Larsen, a producer from the Norwegian documentary company “Sant&Usant”, has sent the “Waynakh Online” editorial board a copy of their latest movie which is called “Ahmed – Almost 13”. It is a 38 minute long documentary that tells the story of 13-year old Chechen teenager Ahmed through his own eyes.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has fined Russia around 125,000 Euros for abduction and disappearance of two young Chechen men in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in 2006, the court said in a statement today.