House committee adopts Armenian genocide resolution

Turkey has recalled its US ambassador in response to a House Foreign Affairs Committee vote on a resolution recognizing the 1915-23 Armenian genocide.

Violence escalates in Russian North Caucasus

Police in Russia’s south killed two suspected militants in a “counter-terrorism operation” launched in response to a checkpoint suicide attack that took the lives of six officers.

World War I genocide clouds Turkish-Armenian accord

Protesters rallied in Armenia’s capital to oppose a new accord re-establishing ties with Turkey, that they fear will lead to a whitewash of the Armenian genocide.

Rights group suspends Chechnya work in wake of murder

Russian human rights group Memorial has suspended operations in Chechnya following the murder of one of its most prominent activists, Natalya Estemirova.

Ingushetia: president wounded in suicide attack

A suicide bomber severely wounded Yunus Bek Yevkurov, president of Russia’s volatile southern republic of Ingushetia—an assassination attempt that undermines the Kremlin’s claim that it has brought stability to the restive North Caucasus. A car rigged with TNT exploded as… Read moreIngushetia: president wounded in suicide attack

Judge assassinated in Ingushetia

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a senior judge in Russia’s volatile southern republic of Ingushetia, the latest in a series of attacks in the largely Muslim region.

NATO wraps up Georgia military training —amid coup rumblings

Georgian troops rounded up month-long military exercises at Vaziani military base that have angered Russia. The month of the exercises saw a protest campaign and apparent Moscow-backed coup attempt

Chechnya: Russia ends 10-year “counter-terrorism operation”

Russian authorities announced they are ending the decade-long “counter-terrorism operation” in Chechnya—but sporadic violence persists, and rights groups accused militias of widespread abuses.

European rights court holds Russia liable for for Chechen abductions

The European Court of Human Rights issued rulings in four cases ordering Russia to pay compensate six families who claimed government agents abducted their Chechen relatives.

European rights court holds Russia responsible for Chechen death

The European Court of Human Rights again found Russia liable for the death of an ethnic Chechen at the hands of the security forces.

Seven dead in Ingushetia blast

Four Russian police agents and three suspected rebels were killed in a clash in Nazran, capital of Ingushetia in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus.

Heroine journalist buried in Moscow

Hundreds in Moscow attended the funeral of Anastasia Baburova, the 25-year-old journalist killed defending human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov as he was assassinated by masked gunmen.