Izabella Yevloyeva is a correspondent for Caucasus.Realities, a regional news outlet of RFE/RL’s North Caucasus Service.
Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s daughter, Deputy Prime Minister Aishat Kadyrova, is the only woman on a new state council for women’s issues in Chechnya. Government critics say it’s likely to steer clear of questions of gender equality and domestic violence.
A comment on an Instagram post led to Muslim's descent into the hell of a prison in Chechnya, where he says he and other inmates were beaten and tortured. Five years after his ordeal, he describes what he went through and why.
