A Chechen woman who was found dead in Armenia last year in what activists describe as a likely “honor killing” has been laid ...

Chechnya has banned women's clothing with "masculine elements," citing tradition, but critics argue it is about control. The ban follows hot on the heels of another recent restriction banning women ...

Aliya Ozdamirova, the daughter of a former Chechen deputy sports minister, was buried in her home republic of Chechnya on Nov. 12. Ozdamirova had escaped to Georgia weeks earlier after reporting abuse ...

The Chechen leader in 2009 publicly warned that any woman who behaves promiscuously could be "killed by her brother". Aishat said she was abused for years. A friend, speaking to AFP on condition of ...

While women are free to wear apparel with masculine accents in most countries, that is no longer the case in the Russian republic of Chechnya, where the government has banned apparel with “masculine ...

Aishat Baymuradova, a Chechen woman who was killed in Yerevan, has been buried in Armenia after her body remained in a morgue for several months, Sputnik Armenia reports.

Activist Fatima Suleymanova is one of the most visible millennial Chechen women in modern-day politics. As a representative of the Chechen national independence movement United Force, Suleymanova ...

During extensive rescue excavations ahead of a gas pipeline reconstruction, researchers unearthed a 3,000-year-old grave belonging to a woman adorned with an astonishing array of ancient jewelry. She ...

Amid Ukraine war fallout, fearful Chechen women seek escape route Romain COLAS AFP Jan 27, 2026 Updated Jan 28, 2026 1 of 7 Rights groups describe the mountainous region of 1.5 million people as a ...