Chechnya

UN food agency expands school feeding programme in war-torn Chechnya

The United Nations emergency food relief agency announced today that it will double the capacity of a hot lunch programme feeding more than 20,000 children in war-torn Chechnya later this year.

Russia assures UN that displaced Chechens will not be forced to return

The Russian Federation has assured the United Nations that displaced persons in Chechnya will not have to return to their volatile Northern Caucasus homeland, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today.