Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced on Sept. 1 that it had charged Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in absentia with war ...

Friday’s attack at a Moscow theater was an historic act of terrorism. It was the most grotesque slaughter of human life in Russia since the high point of Chechen terrorist... Russian state media ...

The death of the notorious Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov could spark an explosion of violence and chaos across southern Russia that threatens Vladimir Putin himself, according to regional experts and ...

The Moscow theater siege was a portent of more terrorism to come, warns Rajan Menon, a Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow specializing in Russia. He argues that the shocking attack shows that ...

The Chechen leader in 2009 publicly warned that any woman who behaves promiscuously could be "killed by her brother". Aishat said she was abused for years. A friend, speaking to AFP on condition of ...

It's been 30 years since the first Chechen war when Moscow attacked the breakaway Chechen Republic, laying the capital, Grozny, to waste. Just as with the current war against Ukraine, Russia expected ...

Russia's mostly Muslim republic of Chechnya is becoming a major player in rebuilding war-ravaged Syria. And ordinary Chechens are likely to foot the bill, with many of them being forced to make ...

Why has Russia’s military failed to achieve a different outcome in Ukraine than in Chechnya decades earlier, despite years of modernization and investment? The answer lies in Russian president ...

Amid Ukraine war fallout, fearful Chechen women seek escape route Romain COLAS AFP Jan 27, 2026 Updated Jan 28, 2026 1 of 7 Rights groups describe the mountainous region of 1.5 million people as a ...