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

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

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

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, ...

Chechnya, and to a lesser extent Dagestan, have periodically rebelled against Moscow in a sometimes-violent effort to secure independence. Some of this violence has been led by separatists and ...

But Chechnya’s homegrown insurgency has been replaced by another pressing security threat.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 ...

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

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 ...