The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) made a decision on the murder of four young residents of Chechnya in 2000.

According to the decision, Russia shall pay 60,000 euros to each family as compensation of moral harm and 2212 euros of legal costs.

According to the claimants, on February 7, 2000, four residents of Chechnya were shot dead by Russian militaries in the course of a "cleansing" in the village of Gekhi-Chu without any reason. A criminal case on this fact was initiated only in July 2000; and soon the inquiry was suspended due to impossibility to identify those guilty, as the human rights association named AGORA reports.

The ECtHR has concluded that Russia had broken the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in the part of the right to life and the right to fair trial, ...

A 24-year-old resident of Achkhoy-Martan district of Chechnya was kidnapped last night not far from "Caucasus" federal highway. This news has been reported by the kidnapped young man's relatives who are still unable to find out where he is.

"At night of November, 9, Khajimurat Akhtokhanov, a 24-year-old resident of Achkhoy-Martan district center, was kidnapped by the personnel of a local enforcement agency in Achkhoy-Martan district of "Caucasus" federal highway, at the crossroads of Samashki - Achkhoy-Martan road", a member of a republican human rights organization told a reporter of "Caucasian Knot"

According to this source, the young man was forced out of his car and carried off in an unknown direction. The kidnapped young man's relatives are trying to find out his location and have asked human rights organizations for help.

Our interlocutor says that the residents of Achkhoy-Martan and the young ...