Medet Unlu, Honorary Consul of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in Turkey, was assassinated at about 7:10pm on May 22, at his office in Ankara.

Local sources report that a male civilian has been abducted in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

Local sources are reporting that in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, at least 50 school children and two teachers were poisoned by an unknown gas.

Benoit Desjardins, an inspiring, young filmmaker from Montreal is at the Cannes Film Festival to show his new shortfilm, “Welcome Yankee” which is about a Chechen family’s story.

The Austrian newspaper “Die Oberösterreichischen Nachrichten” has reported that a Chechen mother and her two children are facing extradition from Austria.

The German newspaper “Die Welt” has reported that the number of Chechens seeking asylum in Germany is growing.

The Istanbul Public Prosecution Office on Counter- Terrorism has sent the investigation files on the assassination of three Chechen asylum seekers in Istanbul in September 2011, to a district public prosecution office.

Local sources have reported that a male civilian was abducted in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

Local sources report that unknown men have tried to assassinate a Chechen asylum seeker in Turkey.

Local sources have reported that two civilians were abducted in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

The State Border Committee of Belarus has reported that 22 Chechen asylum seekers tried to cross the border into Lithuania, but most of them did not make it.

Local sources report that a male civilian has been abducted in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

Local sources have reported that a group of Chechen refugees gathered in front of the Swedish Parliament building in Stockholm to protest the decision to extradite a former resistance fighter.

Local sources report that a male resident has been abducted in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

The largest new Chechen diaspora in Europe is in Austria. After the terrorist attack in Boston and the identification of the suspects as ethnic Chechens, they are feeling insecure.

The Regional German newspaper “Westfalen-Blatt” has reported that more than 670 Chechen asylum seekers have arrived in the city of Biefeld from Poland, since the beginning of 2013.

Local source report that a 61 year old Chechen woman has been abducted in the Russian occupied Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

Local sources have reported that events were held in memory of the first Chechen president, Dzhokhar Dudaev in Turkey, Georgia, France and Finland.

The Chechen Youth Center in Poland known as “Sintar”, came together after the tragic incident in Boston to show their solidarity with the American people.

Turkish media sources have reported that an elderly Chechen woman and her three grandsons are facing the threat of extradition from Turkey to Russia.

Until a few days ago, most Chechens in the United States lived largely anonymous lives. Few Americans even knew what and where Chechnya was. Now, two Chechen brothers are at the center of one of the most serious terrorist attacks on the United States since Sept. 11, 2001. While the motivations behind the bombings are still unknown, the attack has made Chechnya a focus of American scrutiny, and it has thrust Chechens living here into an unwanted spotlight.

International human rights organization, Save Chechnya Campaign, and Paris based the Caucasian Studies Association (Association d’études Caucasiennes) have published a joint letter about the Boston incidents and rising Chechenophobia.