In the aftermath of chaos and collapse following the Soviet Union's fall, Russia stood on the brink. Amid this instability, a ...

The son of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has been awarded his second “Hero of Chechnya” award at age 18. Adam Kadyrov ...

MOSCOW, Sept. 12 -- The broken and burned bodies of children had just been pulled from the wreckage of a small-town school. All Russia was in mourning. And President Vladimir Putin was quietly furious ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov (L) attends a meeting with Vladimir Putin (R) in Moscow, Russia, on Jun. 28, 2023. More than 150 ...

Authorities have not linked Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to any insurgent groups, and the Kremlin-backed strongman who now leads Chechnya says the brothers got their inspiration in the U.S., not the ...

SOCHI, Russia -- Natasha Yaroslavtseva's son Sasha hanged himself almost a year ago. He was 21, and just back from the war in Chechnya. Back to Sochi, the famous and now run-down Soviet-era resort on ...

How sensitive they must be, these folk from Swiss TV! Here they are, in the rubble of Grozny, filming the heartrending image of a girl building a dolls house out of the debris! With delicate artistry, ...

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 ...