Russia's Federal Security Service, the FSB, says it has confirmed the death of Chechen rebel warlord Ruslan Gelayev. It has released footage of a body, saying the corpse has been identified as that of ...

The Moscow theater siege was a portent of more terrorism to come, warns Rajan Menon, a Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow specializing in Russia. He argues that the shocking attack shows that ...

Welcome to Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, an autonomous republic in the North Caucasus region of Russia. Once known for the conflicts of the 1990s and early 2000s, Grozny was referred to as 'the ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov attends a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (both not pictured) at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on ...

Russian forces are carrying out large-scale operations against separatists throughout Chechnya, amid fears of more rebel attacks both inside the republic and in Russia as a whole. The Russian news ...

Adam Kadyrov, 17, is in charge of Chechnya's internal affairs ministry, which oversees police and local security forces in ...

Two officers from Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) have been injured in a drone attack on the agency's building in the Achkhoy-Martanovsky district of Chechnya on the night of 1-2 December.

Olivier Dupuis, a member of the European Parliament (MEP), today began the 15th day of a hunger strike intended to highlight the continuing plight of the conflict in Chechnya. In an interview with RFE ...

Chechen separatist leader Doku Umarov, whose attacks on Russian civilians earned him the nickname "Russia's Bin Laden," is dead, according to an insurgency website. However, it's worth noting that ...

Chechnya has banned women's clothing with "masculine elements," citing tradition, but critics argue it is about control. The ban follows hot on the heels of another recent restriction banning women ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov attends a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin ...