More than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, two films premiering in the Venice Days sidebar of the Venice Film Festival explore a different conflict that embroiled ...

After two wars in Chechnya, many have been forced to leave, creating a rift that is not merely geographical. Kadyrov and his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. X / @TheDeadDistrict A Russian special forces base and an FSB building in Chechnya were struck by Ukrainian drones ahead of peace ...

Kadyrov does not want to sacrifice Chechnya’s population for the “Russian world,” the source said. At the same time, he has used the war to consolidate his power and suppress perceived disloyalty.

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 ...

The health of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who earlier this month sought to resign, is deteriorating rapidly, sources and observers have told Al Jazeera. But Russian President Vladimir Putin does ...

Lest We Forget (Dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the start of the First Chechen War). 2025. Canvas, oil. 70×100. Artist Andrey Nikolaevich Mironov. (Wikimedia Commons) Russian Defense Minister ...

LONDON: Large groups of predominantly Muslim Chechens and fighters from Belarus have parted with their governments’ stance by siding with Ukraine. Photos of armed Chechens wearing yellow armbands, ...