Ramzan Kadyrov, a close ⁠ally ⁠of Russian President ⁠Vladimir Putin, has been re-elected to a fifth ​term as leader of his southern, mainly Muslim region of Chechnya ‌with almost 100% of ‌the vote, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New reporting has put the Chechen warlord's health in the headlines once more. But there are other, subtler, signs that the ...

The shootout was the first armed incident in Chechnya officially confirmed by authorities in more than a year.

Russia’s strained wartime budget and the prospect of Ramzan Kadyrov’s succession make Chechnya’s future in Russia an open question. As if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t have enough problems.

Vladimir Putin's alliance with Ramzan Kadyrov has transformed Chechnya into one of Russia's most unusual political regions. Despite receiving billions in Moscow's financial support, Kadyrov maintains ...

The plane was flying from the Azerbaijani capital Baku on the western shore of the Caspian to the city of Grozny in Chechnya ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In December 1994, Russian troops launched a brutal and eventually unsuccessful military campaign against Chechen rebels, ...

Social media users are sharing a video of a man and woman being shot, claiming it shows Ukrainian military violence against civilians in Chechnya. The clip, however, is from a 2014 French film by an ...