Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the ...

The Council of Europe's human rights supremo has begun a fact-finding trip to Chechnya as new allegations of military abuses surface in the region. Alvaro Gil-Robles flew to Chechnya after pressing ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov, centre left, Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic Magomed Daudov, and Presidential Envoy to the North ...

ONCE a feared dictator known for his ruthless crackdowns and flamboyant spectacle, Ramzan Kadyrov is now a debilitated despot said to be “at death’s door”. Dubbed the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday made a surprise visit to Chechnya, where he met with the republic's leader and longtime Kremlin ally, Ramzan Kadyrov. The unscheduled trip to Chechnya, ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has described reports that his son Adam Kadyrov was involved in a road accident as disinformation. Source: Meduza, Latvia-based Russian media outlet Details: Kadyrov made ...

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 ...

RFE/RL’s Ukrainian and Russian investigative units obtained three years of correspondence sent and received by a top Russian general fighting in Ukraine. Jokes about torture, mutilation, and ...

KYIV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian drone struck a campus belonging to Russia’s National Guard Sunday in the Russian region of Chechnya, as Kyiv continues to strike back after a mass air attack from Moscow.

SARANSK, Russia -- Coming home from Chechnya to the placid streets of this provincial capital, Sergei Myasnikov and the other men in his elite Russian police unit thought only of losing themselves in ...