Medet Onlu, Honorary Consul of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in Turkey, was assassinated on May 22, 2013 in his office. On the first anniversary of his death, the monthly Turkish language Chechen magazine, “Marsho” conducted a special interview with Prime Minister Akhmed Zakayev.

“Welcome Yankee“, a short movie about the story of a Chechen family, was released in Quebec, Canada in November 2012, by the young and inspiring filmmaker Benoit Desjardins. So far, the film has already won three awards in Greece, Turkey, and United States. Our team conducted a special interview with Mr. Desjardins.

“Marsho“, a monthly Chechen magazine in Turkish language, held a special interview with the members of “The Aftermath“, a band which was created by two Ingush sisters in 2004 in Moscow. These two talented sisters, Taita and Fatima Matieva write and compose their own songs in English and share their world with us. When you listen to their songs, you lose yourself in their sorcerous voices and impressive lyrics, especially when you hear that they don’t have any musical education, you can’t hide your wonder. The band released its first album “I Follow Song” in 2006, and their second album […]

Mainat Kurbanova is an eyewitness to Russia’s brutal military occupation in the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and a well-known Chechen journalist. Agnese Riva, has dedicated a passionate dissertation with the translation of her long interviews and articles. Here is an extract from one of their conversations.

Zara Murtazaliyeva, a Chechen woman convicted of terrorism, has just been released from the colony Mordovia IK-13 where she spent 9 years. She was released from the colony on September 3 and gave an interview to the Russian magazine “The New Times” in front of the prison’s gates.

The Turkey based civic organization “Caucasus Forum” has conducted an interview with the board members of Waynakh Online.

We conducted an interview with the director of film “Ahmed – Almost 13“, Ritchie Cavander-Cole. We spoke about his movie and Chechens.

Manfred Nowak, the Scientific Director of the “Vienna Master of Arts in Human Rights” at the University of Vienna and the UN’s former Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, gave a special interview to the Russian journalist Oksana Chelysheva and it was first published by the dissident Russian website Kasparov.Ru.

On May 30, the Polish lifestyle television channel “Polsat Play” held an interview with the famous Chechen MMA fighter Mamed Khalidov.

Finland’s public broadcaster, YLE shared Finnish director Mervi Junkkonen’s documentary film, “After Life – Four Stories of Torture“, which is an excruciating, maddening, and beautiful plea in defense of torture victims. One of the film’s main characters is Musa, who escaped the brutal Russian invasion of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

Our special correspondent in Georgia conducted an interview with Alla Dudaeva, widow of Dzhoxar Dudaev on the 15th anniversary of her husband’s death.

We conducted a phone interview with former Foreign Minister of Chechen Republic Ichkeria, Ilyas Akhmadov. We spoke about his recently published book as well as current issues.

“Fear is a companion which will never leave you” says Lidya Yusupova, who was called “the bravest woman in Europe” by BBC and Amnesty International. She was a Nobel Prize Candidate in 2006 for her work as a human rights defender in Chechnya.

Five years after the assasination of Aslan Maskhadov, the President of Chechen Republic Ichkeria, his family stil has hope that his body will be returned them. But Russian authorities have refused to do it with referring to their so-called law rules on combating with terrorism. The son of Aslan Maskhadov gave answers to Irina Lagunina, a correspondent of RFE/RL’s Russian service.

“After the last explosions in Moscow a new war will be launched in the Caucasus and they will not show any mercy to Georgia,” said Khizir Aldamov who headed the office of the Chechen communities in Georgia.

We present you an interview of Jonathan Littell, author of “Chechnya Years III”. In his book Mr Littell explain puppet Ramzan Kadirov’s three years after he came to power with order of Kremlin. During the interview Mr Littell points out that the corruption, abductions, torture and extra judical execution in Kadirov’s Chechnya.

El Periódico, a Catalan newspaper did an exclusive interview with Usam Baysayev, a member of Human Rights Center “Memorial” which was awarded with Sakharov Prize by European Parliament in this year. We present you Usam Baysayev’s interview underlined the sadistic methods which is carried out by Russian invaders and their collaborators in Chechnya.

We publish an exclusive interview by Khadizhat and Malik Gataevs for Lithuanian internet portal Slaptai and XXI Century newspaper. The interview had been recorded when Gataevs were still imprisoned at one of confinement places in Kaunas on July 30, 2009. Lithuanian journalist Gintaras Visockas talked to Khadizhat and Malik Gataevs in a meeting room for almost four hours.

We present you our latest interview with Nadezhda Banchik, the well known human rights activist, journalist and one of the our editors for Russian section which is coming soon.

We present you to interview of American Frontpage Magazin with Russian journalist Yelena Maglevannaya.

We present to our interview with Mayrbek Taramov, jornalist, human rights activist and the Representative of Chechen Republic Ichkeria in Sweden.

We share with you a special interview with Finnish director Hannu Salonen who is the director of Vasha (Brother).