Join us on Part 2 of our hitchhiking journey through the Russian North Caucasus as we travel from Dagestan into Chechnya, crossing a remote high mountain pass that few outsiders ever see. We explore ...

For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the region as a loyal vassal of Vladimir Putin. It evokes images of a turbulent ...

Aishat Baimuradova fled her home last year in the hope of living the way she wanted, but she was then found dead in her rented flat.

Ten years ago tomorrow, the Russian Federation launched its first war with Chechnya, under the rubric of "restoring constitutional order" to the Chechen Republic. After a three-year interlude, from ...

VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia -- Eight Russian soldiers and 12 rebels were killed in fierce fighting in southern Chechnya, an official in the war-ravaged region's Kremlin-backed administration said Thursday.

MOSCOW, Jan. 29 -- Russia is pressuring thousands of Chechen refugees to return to their war-ravaged homeland from the neighboring Russian republic of Ingushetia, even though they fear for their lives ...

Washington may be focused on Iraq, but a congressional agency found time yesterday to criticize Russian President Vladmir Putin over what it called Moscow's "egregious violations of humanitarian law" ...