Bulgarian-born Kosta Karakashyan was so moved by "horrifying" stories of torture against the LGBT community in Chechnya, that he is using dance to express their suffering in a new film.

David France's new documentary for HBO, 'Welcome to Chechnya,' is a searing probe into the government-directed persecution, torture and killing of LGBTQ citizens from the Russian republic, chronicling ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Arms flailing to the synthesized beat of a folk tune, film star Gerard Depardieu hit the dance floor in Chechnya and vowed to make a movie in the volatile region on the latest stop ...

An international human rights watchdog lambasted an Oscar-winning actress and other Western celebrities on Wednesday for attending a concert held on the birthday of Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader, ...

The story of Chechen dance star and choreographer Ramzan Ahmadov, whose dance group Daymohk has found refuge with Chechnya's current president Kadyrov. Momentarily postponing the extinction of this ...

STAVROPOL, Russia (Reuters) - At least five people were killed and 20 injured on Wednesday when a bomb exploded outside a theatre in the southern Russian city of Stavropol just before the start of a ...

Chechen authorities have ordered that all musical, vocal, and choreographic works performed in the Russian region must have a playback at between 80 and 116 beats per minute. Regional Culture Minister ...

Group fears campaign that saw dozens of gay men tortured in 2017 has restarted. Moscow -- LGBT activists say they have begun helping people flee from the Russian republic of Chechnya amid what they ...