https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Swedish court has convicted a Russian citizen of the attempted murder of Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a blogger critical of the regime in Chechnya, alleging high-level backing for the attack. https://www.thelocal.se/20210111/sweden-jails-russian-over-attack-on-chechen-blogger Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:41:24 +0100 sweden-jails-russian-over-attack-on-chechen-blogger A woman has spoken to Swedish media of the moment police arrested her son in connection with the deadly Stockholm truck attack. https://www.thelocal.se/20170425/my-son-is-not-a-terrorist-says-woman-of-second-suspect-in-stockholm-attack Tue, 25 Apr 2017 09:26:02 +0200 my-son-is-not-a-terrorist-says-woman-of-second-suspect-in-stockholm-attack Sweden's foreign ministry said on Thursday it had summoned Russia's ambassador for talks following reports of a brutal campaign against gay men by authorities in Chechnya. https://www.thelocal.se/20170421/sweden-summons-russia-envoy-over-reports-of-chechnya-anti-gay-violence Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:06:58 +0200 sweden-summons-russia-envoy-over-reports-of-chechnya-anti-gay-violence Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has hit out at Sweden for providing a home for Chechen "bandits". https://www.thelocal.se/20100309/25432 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:33:00 +0100 25432 Sweden's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a Russian extradition request for a Chechen rebel, deeming that the crimes Moscow suspected him of could be considered acts of political resistance. https://www.thelocal.se/20080610/12346 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:56:00 +0200 12346 A Swedish prosecutor yesterday ordered two servers hosting a Chechen rebel website to be impounded. https://www.thelocal.se/20060506/3736-2 Sat, 06 May 2006 12:46:00 +0200 3736-2