Russia on Monday expelled two German diplomats in response to a spat with Berlin over a German court’s ruling that Moscow had ordered the 2019 assassination of an ex-Chechen commander in a Berlin park. “The German ambassador was informed that two diplomatic employees of the German embassy in Russia were …
Read More »French PM Castex, paying tribute to slain teacher, says France will defend its values
French Prime Minister Jean Castex paid tribute on Saturday to history teacher Samuel Paty a year after he was murdered by a radical, saying France would stand up for its values of secularism and freedom. Paty’s attacker, a teenager of Chechen origin, had wanted to avenge the teacher’s use of …
Read More »Austria investigating political motive in Chechen dissident’s killing
Austria is investigating whether the weekend killing of a Chechen dissident was politically motivated, the prosecutors’ office handling the case said on Monday after two suspects were arrested. The 43-year-old, whom police have declined to identify, was shot dead on Saturday near a shopping center on the edge of Vienna. …
Read More »French police operation underway in Dijon after earlier gang violence
A police operation is underway in the French city of Dijon following earlier gang violence in the city, the local police force said on Friday. “Following the events of the last few days in the Dijon area, police operation is underway in the Dijon districts of Gresilles and Chenove,” it …
Read More »Violence rocks France’s Dijon as Chechen diaspora, police clash following attack on teenager
French police has put an end to violent clashes between groups of Chechens and members of the North African community in the eastern French town of Dijon. The clashes were linked to score-settling by members of the Chechen community in the low-income district of Gresilles. They started on Friday, June …
Read More »Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has reportedly been taken ill with Covid-19
Rumors of the strongman’s evacuation to Moscow on private jet have been circling in anonymous social media channels since Wednesday. But tentative confirmation only came on Thursday, with Russian news agency Interfax citing an unnamed hospital source saying he was hospitalized with suspected Covid-19. Mr. Kadyrov’s press secretary was unavailable …
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