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 ...

Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev promised he could seize Grozny with a single parachute regiment in two hours. On New ...

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.

UKRAINE has struck top Vladimir Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov’s special forces hub in Chechnya – with the massive blast sending ...

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.

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 ...

The First Chechen War became one of the most significant military failures of post-Soviet Russia. Poor planning, underestimated resistance, and fierce urban combat in Grozny revealed major weaknesses ...

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" ...

Dozens of LGBT people have allegedly been rounded up and tortured. GROZNY, Russia -- Ricky said he had known the man who betrayed him for 10 years. He was 19 and for most of his life he had lived a ...