When a minivan with eight Russian and European journalists and human rights activists was attacked on March 9 by a band of professional thugs near the border of Ingushetia and Chechnya last week, the story was covered briefly in some world news outlets but didn’t attract much attention. Putin’s war in Syria has distracted from […]
Adam Demlikhanov Aleksandrina Yelagina Anton Prusakov attacks on journalists in North Caucasus attacks on media in Russia Boris Nemtsov Chechen human rights ombudsman Chechen Interior Ministry Committee to Prevent Torture Free press in Chechnya human rights activists attacked Igor Kalyapin Ingushetia journalists attacked Lena maria Persson Loefgren Lord Magomet Daudov MediaZone Mikhail Solunin Novaya Gazeta Oyestein Windstad Ramzan Kadyrov threatens journalists reporters attacked near Chechen border Ruslan Geremeyev Russian opposition Yegor Skovoroda