It was Vladimir Putin’s first war after coming to power, his 1999 assault on the Chechens rebelling against Moscow’s rule. As ...

However, four years have passed and Ukraine now controls more territory than it did in June 2022. This is despite facing the second-most powerful military in the world, Russia’s disinformation assault ...

Rumours are spreading in Russia about a possible transition of power in Grozny. Ramzan Kadyrov would like to impose one of his children as his successor, but the age limit for the presidency is 30, wi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rights groups describe the mountainous region of 1.5 million people as a 'state within a state' (Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV) (Vyacheslav ...

In the early hours of February 24 2022, standing on the freezing roof of a hotel in Kyiv, the idea that Russia would launch a full-scale assault on Ukraine, despite a troop buildup on the border, ...

Strickland has been targeting plenty of people with his usual controversial fight week comments, and Chimaev was not safe from his middleweight peer’s shots. Strickland called the UFC “predatory,” ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has rejected reports that his son Adam was seriously injured in a car crash, calling them fake news nearly a month after the claims emerged ...

On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky warns that Vladimir Putin has “already ...

Sean Strickland wants a shot at the UFC middleweight title, and he's building a strong case both in and out of the cage.

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 ...

MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The leader of Russia's Chechnya region, Ramzan Kadyrov, said on Thursday that he was opposed to talks on ending the war in Ukraine and that ...

Putin's bet is that the West and Ukraine will run out of resources first, she says. "That's what he's banking on. He's banking on money. When he can't necessarily win on the battlefield, he is wanting ...