Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday ordered officials in the North Caucasus to ensure what he called the "normal work" of human rights groups operating in the volatile region. Human rights activists in and around Chechnya have been attacked and even killed in recent years in ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday Islamist rebels were being trained in neighboring Georgia to launch attacks in Chechnya and nearby regions, a state-run news agency reported. Russian officials have said that foreign training and funding has contributed to a surge in violence by Islamist insurgents in recent months in its volatile north Caucasus regions, including Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan ...

A suicide car bomber attacked a group of police and soldiers in Russia's restive North Caucasus Thursday, wounding at least 23 people, while two security officers were killed in a drive-by shooting, officials said. The bomber struck the group at a checkpoint in the city of Nazran ...

Russian activist Sergei Kovalev urged the EU to put pressure on Moscow to respect human rights, as he received the prestigious Sakharov prize from the European parliament on Wednesday. "Europe's task is to not remain silent, but to always insist that Russia respects its obligations" on human rights, Kovalev told the parliament in Strasbourg. "To not call on Russia ...