The search followed official protests from Baku after Russian police raided the homes of ethnic Azerbaijanis in the Ural ...

Russian officials are telegraphing a slowdown of the country’s war economy -- the first major slump since the launch of the ...

The head of Russia's Caucasus region of Chechnya, a fervent supporter of Moscow's war in Ukraine, said Kremlin leader ...

Activist Fatima Suleymanova is one of the most visible millennial Chechen women in modern-day politics. As a representative ...

Earlier this month, 48-year-old Kadyrov, who has long dubbed himself Putin’s “foot soldier”, said he wanted to quit. “Another [Chechen leader] will have his own initiative, his own vision.

The teenage son of Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia's Chechnya region and close ally of President Vladimir Putin, has been appointed secretary of the region's security council, according to ...

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. Since Russia launched its ...

One of the most noticeable changes in Chechnya's political scene has been the growing role played by Kadyrov's eldest sons: 18-year-old Akhmat and 16-year-old Adam Kadyrov.

Reports that Chechnya's strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov is terminally ill pose a serious problem for Vladimir Putin. The Russian president is desperate to avoid instability in the North Caucasus ...

Welcome to Chechnya. Directed and produced by David France. Chechnya is a dark mirror of the Russian state. Mr Putin’s regime is militaristic and ultra-conservative.

Chechnya sits in the North Caucasus region between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. It is an almost entirely Muslim republic, which includes part of Russia’s border with Georgia.