Amid rampant speculation about his health, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-allied strongman who rules the region, has been ...

As Chechnya's longtime strongman Ramzan Kadyrov battles a mysterious illness, uncertainty looms over who will control the ...

The republic of Chechnya’s financial dependence on the Russian federal government remains the highest in the country, with ...

As speculation swirls about the Chechen strongman’s health, Moscow faces the challenge of preserving order in a region built on one man’s fear-based rule.

The head of Russia's Caucasus region of Chechnya, a fervent supporter of Moscow's war in Ukraine, said Kremlin leader ...

Chechnya established a secular government in 1991. Three years later, then- President Boris Yeltsin sent Russian troops into the breakaway republic. After two years of waging an unpopular, ...

But Chechnya’s homegrown insurgency has been replaced by another pressing security threat. Islamic State propaganda has taken root inside Chechnya, especially among the younger generation.

Chechnya sits in the North Caucasus region between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. It is an almost entirely Muslim republic, which includes part of Russia’s border with Georgia.

ACHKHOI-MARTAN, Russia -- At the side of a road near this town in west-central Chechnya, Russian soldiers sitting atop a broken-down armored car scan the horizon nervously. The soldiers ride on ...

Elena Milashina, a prominent Russian journalist who uncovered the horrific crackdown on gay men in Chechnya, was “severely beaten” alongside a lawyer in an attack in the southern Russian ...