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• Amnesty International - Russian Federation
• BBC News - In depth: The Chechen Conflict
• BBC Russian
• Caucasus Times
• Chechen Press
• Chechnya Advocacy Network
• Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
• European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Russian Federation
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Russia
• Ingushetiya.ru
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - Russian Federation
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Moscow
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Russian Federation
• Memorial Human Rights Center
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Russian Federation
• Prague Watchdog
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) - North Caucasus
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) - Russia
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) - Tatar-Bashkir
• ReliefWeb - Russian Federation (the)
• The Chechen Republic Today
• UNHCR - Russian Federation
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Russian Federation
• United States Department of State - Russia
• United States Department of State: Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) and Issue Briefs
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Russian Federation
• Комитет «Гражданское содействие»
• Мигрант-Фергана.Ру
• Московская Хельсинкская группа