Russian brides, and even Russian passports if they join the army, the cousins said. The men, who displayed injuries all over their bodies, claimed they were kept hungry, thirsty, and were harassed ...

Natasha (Lia Williams), a young Russian widow, is looking for a 'kind and tender, secure and merry man' - or so she says in her profile on the internet marriage agency website. Alas, what she gets ...

The bride kidnapping tradition that is common in the North Caucasus contradicts not only Russian laws, but also the norms of Islam, Ismail Agakishiyev, head of the Centre for Caucasus Studies at ...