• ECHR Forbids France to Extradite a Chechen Asylum Seeker

    July 10, 2015 admin

    On July 9, the European Court of Human Rights has notified in writing a judgement related with an extradition threat against a Chechen asylum seeker in France.

  • Chechen exile in UK fears explusion will mean extradition to Russia

    June 18, 2015 admin

    Masud Dudayev to appeal against UK court decision returning him to Sweden where ‘asylum is not assured’.

  • Batsbi: A Silent Death of a Minority Language

    June 18, 2015 admin

    The Batsbi language, a minority language related to Chechen, has been driven to the brink of extinction. Traditionally spoken in Zemo Alvani, Akhmeta Region, Kakheti, it has already lost its role as a community language and without institutional support it continues to decline at a rapid pace.

  • Daughter and Son-in-Law of Djokhar Dudayev Face Extradition

    June 17, 2015 admin

    Dana Dudayeva, daughter of Djokhar Dudayev, the first President of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, his husband Massoud Dudayev and their two children are now facing extradition to Russia.

  • Prime Minister Zakayev is at the Oslo Freedom Forum 2015

    May 25, 2015 admin

    Akhmed Zakayev, Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, participates as a speaker to the 7th annual meeting of the Oslo Freedom Forum where is nearly 200 participants from 86 different countries.

  • ECHR Fines Russia About 145 Thousand Euro

    March 26, 2015 admin

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has fined Russia about 145 Thousand Euro over abduction of 3 Chechen men in 2001 and 2005.

  • Zakayev: “The decision for the ‘hit list’ was made not in Grozny, but in Moscow”

    March 24, 2015 admin

    Akhmed Zakayev, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in exile, spoke with Elena Servettaz from New York based the Institute of Modern Russia, about his take on Boris Nemtsov’s murder and the involvement of the Chechen “North” battalion fighters, about the relationship between Ramzan Kadyrov and Vladimir Putin and the so-called “hit list” of the Russian opposition.

  • Assassination Attempt on Tarkhan Gaziyev Prevented in Istanbul

    March 23, 2015 admin

    Ickerya.com, website of the Honorary Consulate of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in Turkey, has reported that an assassination attempt on well-known Chechen field commandant Tarkhan Gaziyev has been averted in the city of Istanbul on March 13, 2015.

  • A.Zakayev: “Nemtsov’s murder was done to demonise Chechens”

    March 16, 2015 admin

    Two weeks after Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down on a Moscow bridge overlooking the Kremlin, the murder remains steeped in mystery.

  • Manon Loizeau: “Absolute Schizophrenia” Reigns In Kadyrov’s Chechnya

    March 16, 2015 admin

    When French filmmaker When French filmmaker Manon Loizeau arrived in Grozny several years ago to begin work on a new documentary, she didn’t recognize the city.

  • Chechen Leader in Ankara ‘Killed for $1 million’

    March 15, 2015 admin

    A man who is suspected of involvement in the killing of Medet Önlü, Honorary Consul of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in Turkey in 2013 told friends that his group committed the crime for $1 million, a witness has told the court.

  • Akhmed Zakayev’s Speech at the International Conference in Brussels

    March 10, 2015 admin

    As we reported earlier, the Union of the Chechen Youth “Noxchycho” organized a 3 days international conference which was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Russian-Chechen war and the 10th anniversary of the death of the President of ChRI Aslan Maskhadov. Mr Akhmed Zakayev, Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria made the opening speech on March 7, 2015.

  • International Conference on Chechnya Starts in Brussels

    March 6, 2015 admin

    The Union of the Chechen Youth “Noxchycho” organizes an international Conference (Forum) dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Russian-Chechen war and the 10th anniversary of the death of the President of ChRI Aslan Maskhadov.

  • Discussion at the House of Lords: “Chechnya and Vladimir Putin’s Rise to Power”

    February 20, 2015 admin

    On February 5, The Russia Studies Centre at The Henry Jackson Society has organised a discussion event at the House of Lords in London with the participation of Mr Akhmed Zakaev, Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria; and Mr David Satter, Visiting Fellow at The Russia Studies Centre at The Henry Jackson Society.

  • Champion Chechen Athlete in the United States

    February 18, 2015 admin

    Adam Shamil Daghestani, A 13 year-old Chechen living in the USA, won the gold medal in wrestling for the 2nd year in a row at the Middle School Championship in the South Jersey League.

  • Zakayev: Alexander Litvinenko ‘poisoned over Chechen investigation into Russia war crimes’

    February 11, 2015 admin

    Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned as he was gathering evidence to incriminate Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian top officials for war crimes in Chechnya, Chechen separatist leader Akhmed Zakayev has said.

  • Ukraine: Chechens fight Russian-backed rebels to ‘end Putin’s rule’

    February 11, 2015 admin

    The war in Ukraine will mark the end of Vladimir Putin’s rule, Chechnya exiled leader Akhmed Zakayev said, while confirming that veterans of the Russian-Chechen wars of independence are fighting alongside government troops in the restive eastern Ukrainian regions.

  • Deportation Ends for Chechens in Russian Prison Camps

    January 24, 2015 admin

    Austrian national daily broadsheet newspaper “Der Standard” reported the fate of a Chechen man who had been deported from Austria to Russia at the end of 2012.

  • Call for Protest in front of PACE

    January 24, 2015 admin

    Said-Emin Ibragimov, head of of the International Association “Peace and Human Rights” has called for a protest action in front of the PACE building in Strasbourg, France during their next meeting from 26 January until 30 January 2015.

  • ECHR Fines Russia about 450 Thousand Euro!

    January 16, 2015 admin

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has fined Russia about 450 Thousand Euro over abduction of 6 Chechen men between 2001 and 2002; as well as abducting, torturing and murdering of an Ingush man in 2009.

  • North Caucasian Diaspora Asked Justice for Medet Onlu!

    January 13, 2015 admin

    North Caucasian associations and foundations in Turkey, as well as four human rights organizations gathered in front of the Palace of Justice in Ankara to ask “justice” for Medet Onlu, Honorary Consul of Chechen Republic of Ickerya in Turkey, who was assasinated in his office on May 22, 2013.

  • Solidarity with France

    January 8, 2015 admin

    After the horrific attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in the center of Paris that left at least a dozen dead on January 7, the Government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria shared a solidarity message.