At least that was the story reported in the national and local media, including the Echo of Moscow radio station and Chechnya Today – the most popular news site in the predominantly Muslim ...

Bridegrooms in the predominantly Muslim republic of Chechnya are required to make a payment either to the bride herself or her relatives, according to long-standing custom. But because of the ...

Prosecutors argue Timaeva, who also works as a dental nurse in south London, wanted to use her position at the Windsor Muslim Association ... Russia only for invading Chechnya in 1994.

Homophobia is widespread in the highly conservative and predominantly Muslim Russian republic. Mr Kadyrov and other government figures have repeatedly claimed Chechnya has no gay population at all.