Russia’s invasion of Chechnya was marked by intense violence and lasting devastation. Reports detail military strategies, ...

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 ...

The First Chechen War became one of the most significant military failures of post-Soviet Russia. Poor planning, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s new threat after a Ukrainian drone strike near his Grozny home echoed a 2022 plot to ...

(RFE/RL) PRAGUE, July 10, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The death late on July 9 of Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev creates a window of opportunity for those few Russian officials who advocate peace talks ...

“Memory,” Vladlena Sandu’s war-themed drama that will open Venice Days, has been boarded by Paris-based Loco Films ahead of its world premiere on the Lido. A personal project, “Memory” is a feature ...