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## chechnya


* ![Amin Dzhabrailov in New York](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt02a10f06ad846bb9/698a0072929fad78bbbf4a96/chechnya-anti-gay-purge-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2019  
## [A Victim of Chechnya's Anti-Gay Purge Speaks Out: 'The Truth Exists'](https://time.com/5633588/anti-gay-purge-chechnya-victim/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Katy Steinmetz
* ![Britain Russia Gays](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58b1d1aa3d328ffd/6988c2c497cdff4f1c6b0414/britain-russia-gays_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 3, 2017  
## [Gay People in Chechnya Desperately Need the World's Help](https://time.com/4799398/amnesty-international-gay-chechnya/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by John Dalhuisen
* ![world-waking-up-chechnya-purge-gay-men-putin-macron](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd40d5b343fb7ef04/6988cf9ea988ca59ff6bc786/world-waking-up-chechnya-purge-gay-men-putin-macron.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 1, 2017  
## [The World Won't Ignore Chechnya's Purge of Gay Men](https://time.com/4800825/the-world-wont-ignore-chechnyas-purge-of-gay-men/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tara John
* ![RUSSIA-POLITICS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54544ea0f2ac6c0e/6988cf192dce0110949edaab/gettyimages-626938950.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 26, 2017  
## [Russia Is Reportedly Investigating Chechnya's 'Gay Purge'](https://time.com/4795422/russia-chechnya-gay-persecution/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Kevin Lui
* ![nikki haley chechnya abuse lgbt united nations](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6252fdfa7489651/6988c3377cdbac02abd57f0c/nikki-haley-chechnya-abuse-lgbt-united-nations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 17, 2017  
## [Nikki Haley: Chechnya Abuse of Gay People Cannot Be Ignored](https://time.com/4743694/nikki-haley-chechnya-persecuting-gay-men-united-nations/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Julia Zorthian  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53c15fd761fd2544/6988559e3c1639b6dd4587cb/screen-shot-2015-06-22-at-10-33-00-am.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 22, 2015  
## [What It's Like to Grow Up Under Putin in Chechnya](https://time.com/3930129/putin-chechnya-video/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Shuster and Carlos H. Martinelli
* ![Worshipers leave evening prayer at the Heart of Chechnya Mosque in Grozny, April 17, 2015.Yuri kozyrev—NOOR for TIME](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdaad9cbabda3e49c/698855493c16393b8945873c/koy201504240045.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 19, 2015  
## [Photographing 15 Years of Chechnya's Troubled History](https://time.com/3927017/yuri-kozyrev-chechnya/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Shuster
* ![putin-new-army-chechnya](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt466a81ab577ecfed/69885504e53aba0b144de39f/putin-new-army-chechnya.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 18, 2015  
## [Putin's Secret Army](https://time.com/3926053/putins-secret-army/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Shuster
* ![Students were seen in a schoolyard in El Dorado Country, Calif.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt274b60d25fee179d/6987e98e0b72e359a96e14f9/drone_lead.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 31, 2014  
## [Photojournalism Daily: Oct. 31, 2014](https://time.com/3812687/6-must-see-photo-essays-7/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mikko Takkunen
* ![Said-Emin Ibragimov poses in the place he said he was abducted by Vladimir Putin's secret agents.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4333b18ab0fd2809/6987636c524fc0f5ebdea238/12802.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 30, 2014  
## [Chechen Dissident: I Survived Abduction by Putin's Agents](https://time.com/3548026/vladimir-putin-russia-chechen-dissident/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Shuster and Salima Koroma  
* ![LOVED ONE LOST:NAME: Jabril BradleyAGE: 20DOB: 10/6/1990SEX: MaleDATE OF DEATH: 9/1/2011TIME: After MidnightLOCATION: 9th st and Ave of the States, Chester, PACIRCUMSTANCES LEADING UP TO MURDER: Bradley was riding his bike home from a friend’s house on t](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a05586cbace5b9d/6987e9780b72e3da9a6e14d7/heavens-gain-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 23, 2014  
## [Photojournalism Daily: Oct. 23, 2014](https://time.com/3812542/6-must-see-photo-essays-24/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mikko Takkunen
* ![General Joseph Ousmane Zoundeko, a Seleka commander, at his base in Bambari. Central African Republic.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2d6917e86969bd7/6987e9733c163908ef455537/jehad-nga.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 17, 2014  
## [Photojournalism Daily: Oct. 17, 2014](https://time.com/3812456/6-must-see-photo-essays-3/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mikko Takkunen
* ![A protester raises his fist during a nightly march toward the Ferguson Police Dept. on Oct. 10, 2014.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta04558fa068fa5d3/6987e971524fc0537ddf0032/ferguson-missouri1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 14, 2014  
## [Photojournalism Daily: Oct. 14, 2014](https://time.com/3812401/7-must-see-photo-essays-22/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mikko Takkunen
* ![Fallow fields near the town of Corcoran are among hundreds of thousands of acres going unplanted across the state.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf843eb2f89318ccf/6987e920cd684819d509d507/matt-black.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 24, 2014  
## [Photojournalism Links Daily Digest: Sept. 24, 2014](https://time.com/3811999/7-must-see-photo-essays-9/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mikko Takkunen
* ![School No.1 in Beslan, Russia, days after the siege. Drawings in this project are from survivors, and have been integrated into photos of the hostage location.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd601178da12ffd13/6987e8df8e06011bd445dde4/markosian-time-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 31, 2014  
## [Inside the Beslan School Siege, 10 Years On](https://time.com/3811653/inside-the-beslan-school-siege-10-years-on/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Katya Cengel

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