But in not giving Aliyev satisfaction, Putin risks alienating a key ally. A freeze in Azerbaijani-Russian relations could ...

COMMENT: Crisis has aided the Russian strongman’s regime stability far more than any index of economic success, writes ...

The Chechen war dragged on for a year before Russia turned to one of the most powerful pro-Russian Chechen warlords and told him he could run Chechnya any way he wanted. Russia supplied cash and ...

The deadly crash this week of an Azerbaijani passenger jet — with Russian air defenses as the suspected culprit — brings into focus a little-noticed aspect of the war in Ukraine: a battle zone ...

THE bizarre fiefdom of Chechnya has long been controlled by warlord and top Vladimir Putin crony Ramzan Kadyrov and his trigger-happy cosplay soldiers. Disturbed chief Kadyrov, 48, has ruled over ...

A source from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s administration told reporters on Friday that the families of those killed in the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane on December 25 do not need any ...

The circumstances around the crash remain unclear, but limited evidence so far suggests it may have been damaged by missiles fired by a Russian air-defence system as it tried to land in Chechnya.

Passengers made their final video calls to loved ones before the tragic jet crash as evidence is piling up today that Russian air defences hit the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane.

Turkish police on Thursday captured a Chechen national wanted by Interpol-Europol for allegedly being a member of the Daesh terrorist group. According to a memo sent to the Turkish Police Department ...

Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. (Source: Getty Images) The Azerbaijan Airlines plane ...

Forces of the Libyan National Army, loyal to Khalifa Haftar, the warlord to whom China planned to send drones, pictured in 2020 Credit: Abdullah Doma/AFP via Getty A concierge told The Telegraph ...