RFE/RL's North Caucasus Service is one of the few independent media outlets reporting in this predominantly Muslim region, one of the most repressive and arbitrary in the Russian Federation.
A court in Russia's southern region of Krasnodar has sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison in connection with a murder case known as the "Krasnodar cannibals," officials at the regional directorate of the Investigative Committee told RFE/RL.
A prosecutor has asked a court in southern Russia to sentence a woman to 12 years in prison in a case which came to be known as the "Krasnodar cannibals."
A Russian woman has been found guilty of incitement to murder and dismemberment of a person in a high-profile case known as the "Krasnodar cannibals."
The skull of the legendary Caucasian warrior Hadji Murad -- who was beheaded by Russian troops in the 19th century -- is one step closer to being returned to his relatives in Daghestan, Russian officials say.
Ethnic Georgians and Ossetians have lived side-by-side for centuries in South Ossetia. Their cultures are similar, and both value hospitality and share a love of long feasts.
A great-grandson of revered historic Islamic leader Sheikh Batal-haji Belkharoyev has been killed after his car was sprayed by gunfire in Russia's North Caucasus region of Ingushetia, local law enforcement authorities say.
The Supreme Court of Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya has rejected the ruling of a lower court that granted early release to a jailed independent journalist.
A Russian political activist uses performance art as a form of protest against harsh prison conditions. Her latest one-woman show didn't last long in Daghestan. She was arrested -- again.
It was supposed to end tensions between Chechnya and Ingushetia that date back to the collapse of the Soviet Union. But a land-swap agreement reached by the two Russian republics has had the opposite effect.
Protests over a border deal with Chechnya show little sign of abating in Ingushetia, where demonstrators have rallied for a fifth straight day in the small southern region's capital and called for the resignation of its longtime leader.
Thousands of people have demonstrated in Russia's North Caucasus region of Ingushetia to protest against a controversial deal establishing the administrative boundary with Chechnya.
Russian Khabib Nurmagomedov takes on Irish UFC legend and Putin-pleaser Conor McGregor this weekend, with or without the backing of his fellow Russians.
A march to commemorate a battle that took place more than 300 years ago has triggered fresh tensions in a corner of Russia's North Caucasus, putting a spotlight on the most multiethnic region of the Russian Federation.
Police in Russia's Ingushetia region have detained several protesters demonstrating against what they say is the unfair handover of parts of Ingushetia to neighboring Chechnya under a controversial deal establishing the border between the two North Caucasus republics.
The sentencing of two soldiers convicted of beating officers at a Russian base in the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia has sparked protests by relatives and supporters.
The southern Russian town of Beslan has marked the 14th anniversary of a school hostage-taking attack that ended with 334 people dead after a botched rescue, including 186 children.
Russian investigators say they have launched investigations into three separate attacks that wounded several police officers in the North Caucasus region of Chechnya.
A nephew of Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya, has been appointed by local legislators as Grozny's mayor.
A woman in Chechnya has reached what she says is her 129th birthday. If true, that would make her the oldest person ever known. But as she tells RFE/RL, her long journey has not been a happy one.
A judge in Russia's Chechnya region has extended until July 9 the pretrial detention of activist Oyub Titiyev, according to Memorial, the Russian human rights group that Titiyev heads in Chechnya.
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