The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday ordered Russia to pay $56,500 in damages to the jailed mother of a prominent critic of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
In Russia's North Caucasus region, reporter Yelena Milashina from Novaya Gazeta and lawyer Alexander Nemov were subjected to an attack and physical assault in
Welcome to Tuesday, where Russia says it will pull back some of its troops from the Ukraine border, Justin Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell Ottawa protests, and UAE leaders get immortalized in sand. Meanwhile, Worldcrunch’s Anna Akage analyzes what’s behind whispers that Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov could become Russia’s next ruler.