Chechnya, a North Caucasus region of about 1.5 million people, has been described by some in Russia as a “Chechen Khanate.” ...

Relations between President Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov have soured in recent months after the Kremlin ...

The report said Kadyrov began “unsanctioned discussions” with officials from several Middle Eastern countries about the ...

At least that was the story reported in the national and local media, including the Echo of Moscow radio station and Chechnya Today – the most popular news site in the predominantly Muslim ...

Human Rights Watch/Helsinki and Memorial Human Rights Center researchers are currently on a fact-finding mission in Ingushetiya interviewing refugees who fled from Grozny, the capital of Chechnya ...

Enforced disappearances in Chechnya are so widespread and systematic that they constitute crimes against humanity. Human Rights Watch urges the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to take ...

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Satter: Putin came forward as the savior of the country. He was put in charge of a war in Chechnya. The bombings were blamed on Chechens without any evidence whatsoever, and as a result of the ...

MOSCOW, December 1. /TASS/. Authorities of Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya are not planning to introduce a ban on alcohol sales, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov told TASS on Thursday.

MOSCOW, April 24. /TASS/. Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov has quashed rumors that legal initiatives are being prepared in the region to permit polygamy, he told Rossiya 24 TV channel in an interview.

The messaging service Telegram was blocked in the Russian republics of Dagestan and Chechnya at the weekend. This was reported by the Russian state news agency Tass, which added that the move was ...