The German right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has launched a procedure to expel its member Noah Krieger, who was born in Chechnya as Murad Dadaev.

Representatives of the party’s Lower Saxony branch told the Russian media outlet iStories and the German investigative project Correctiv about the decision, but did not specify t...

Amidst renewed tension in Armenia–Russia relations following a meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin on 1 April, Pashinyan has said the bilateral relationship is undergoing a ‘constructive transformation’.

‘I evaluate this process positively’, Pashinyan said during his weekly press briefing on Thurs...

Three minors — Aleksandre Gabashvili, Giorgi Rikadze, and Demetre Chikovani — have been convicted of the fatal beating of 28-year-old tutor Giga Avaliani in Tbilisi in October 2025.

On Wednesday, a Tbilisi court sentenced Gabashvili and Rikadze to 14 years in prison and Chikovani to nine years, but under Georgian juvenile law, the sentences will be auto...

Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov has said that Chechen units will not take part in potential military action on Iran’s side in its conflict with Israel and the US. The statement on his Telegram channel came following rumours about a possible deployment of Chechen forces to Iran.

At the end of March, the Iranian state news agency PressTV

A court in Kabarda–Balkaria has fined two local residents, Alina Taimakulova and Asiyat Kaigermazova, after finding them guilty of organising an unauthorised public event. The ruling came even though the event, which commemorates the Soviet-era deportations of the Balkar people, had been previously announced by both the republican and municipal authorities, including ...