Azerbaijan has bought oil and natural gas from Russia to meet internal demand while exporting its own energy riches to the ...

Azerbaijan has been pushing back against Russian dominance in the Caucasus region, seeking closer ties with Turkey and Israel ...

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

Chechen battalions are unique units within the Russian military, composed mainly of ethnic Chechens and known for their distinct combat style and national identity.Despite serving under the same ...

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

Activist Fatima Suleymanova is one of the most visible millennial Chechen women in modern-day politics. As a representative ...

According to Chechnya’s constitution, no one below 30 can head it. At the time of the 2004 assassination of his father, Akhmat, Ramzan was 28.

For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the region as a loyal vassal of Vladimir Putin. Since Russia launched its ...

In February 2024, Akhmat received his first ministerial posting as Chechnya's minister for youth and sports, a job given to him after less than two years of leading the region's state-backed youth ...

We wrote about Oyub Titiev, a critic of Chechnya’s regime, and about Chechnya’s links to Islamism in Russia. We covered the outbreak of the Second Chechen War, including in this Special from 1999.

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.

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.