RFE/RL's North Caucasus Service is one of the few independent media outlets reporting in this predominantly Muslim region, one of the most repressive and arbitrary in the Russian Federation.

According to the human rights ombudsperson, at present, probes into violations of LGBT people’s rights in the North Caucasus are hampered by the fact these people are not ready to give their ...

“The decision to block Telegram in two North Caucasus Federal District regions — Chechnya and Dagestan — was made at the federal level on the recommendation of law enforcement agencies ...

MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS/. Russia’s special services and police have prevented 15 terrorism-related crimes in the North Caucasus this year. Not a single terrorist attack was allowed to happen ...