Documentary film Welcome to Chechnya looks at the government-sanctioned torture and murder of LGBTQ people in Chechnya – and the activists trying to help them escape.
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Putin’s rule has defined what political power means in post-Soviet Russia, with important consequences for the rest of the world.
By sending troops from the North Caucasus to Syria, Russia is returning to its old habits.
The Chechen government must be made to answer for its role in an appalling campaign of anti-gay persecution.
From the Islamic State to North Caucasian rebels and far-right nationalists, Russia is facing overlapping extremist threats.
The Bastille Day attack in Nice – committed by an individual unknown to French security services – marks the evolution of radicalisation in many ways.
A renewed security focus on Afghanistan is part of Vladimir Putin’s plan to re-energise Russia’s vision of a ‘Greater Eurasia’.
Western media tropes of black widows, deviant sexuality and unthinking compliance fail to explain why violence crosses the gender divide.
Rivalry between the Russian president’s allies could be making his life hard.
Prime suspect has retracted his confession, yet the Chechen Republic
The Sochi Olympics shines a spotlight on the forgotten history of the Caucasus, but one group of people has not made news headlines in the same way as neighbouring Chechnya or Dagestan. The Circassian…
One thing dominates the Sochi Olympics as nothing else: the towering summits of the Caucasus mountains. To begin with, it may strike a first-time visitor as strange that this seaside resort is to host…
The received wisdom is that the Tsarnaev brothers launched their attack on the Boston Marathon to advance the cause of their fellow Chechens. But is this correct? Two notable Chechens are absent from the…
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Reader in International Journalism, City, University of London
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Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia
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Foundation Director, Global Terrorism Research Centre, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, Politics, University of Exeter
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Senior Research Associate in European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
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Associate Research Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University
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Senior Lecturer in International Development, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Politics, Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology/Criminology, University of Sussex
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Directrice de recherche, Sciences Po
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Senior lecturer in International Relations and Programme Director for the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats, University of Birmingham
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PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham
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PhD Candidate, School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds
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Postdoctoral fellow Russian History, University of Zurich
