Chechen battalions are unique units within the Russian military, composed mainly of ethnic Chechens and known for their ...

U, a compact version of the AK-74 introduced in the late 1970s, was originally designed for special forces and vehicle crews ...

Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader and ally of Russia's President Putin, receives personal congratulations from Putin on his ...

The conversation is said to have happened moments before Pantsir-S1 missiles were fired at the passenger plane.

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 ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 28 August 2023 The southern Russian republic of Chechnya has long been a boiling point for conflict with Moscow in the restive North ...

On average, Russians rest for 4 hours and 7 minutes a day, but residents of the North Caucasian republics have the most free ...

One of the most noticeable changes in Chechnya's political scene has been the growing role played by Kadyrov's eldest sons: 18-year-old Akhmat and 16-year-old Adam Kadyrov.

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.

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 ...

Chechnya is a roughly 6,700-square-mile autonomous republic situated in the North Caucasus of southern Russia and home to some 1.5 million people, the vast majority of whom are Muslim.