THE bizarre fiefdom of Chechnya has long been controlled by warlord and top Vladimir Putin crony Ramzan Kadyrov and his ...

To uncover the uncomfortable truths that often become the first casualties in turbulent times, the duality of human ...

Their tough and aggressive attitude was soon overshadowed by their presence online with many labelling the Chechen army as a mockery of Putin's well oiled military machine. The Security Service of ...

During the two Chechen wars of 1994–1996 and 1999–2009 ... then returned to Ukraine, joined the army, and fought in the gruelling battle of Bakhmut. A photo from the front shows him with dark circles ...

Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov speaks to local and national ... Those units, widely called “Kadyrovtsy” fared poorly in conventional combat against Ukrainian regular army forces and armed civilians ...

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane flew hundreds of miles off its scheduled route from Baku to Grozny, and crashed on the eastern ...

Russian troops launched a brutal and eventually unsuccessful military campaign against Chechen rebels, effectively beginning ...

A Chechen rebel leader has claimed in an interview ... He said: "We are convinced that the blow was struck from the Khankala Russian army base based on both the nature of the damage to the ...

The Kadyrov family has been able to successfully muster a private army of what local authorities claim to be 70,000 Chechen fighters loyal to the warlord. Chechen militants and police officers ...

The service has also reported that eight Chechen fighters from the forces of ... of Ukraine has said that units of the North Korean army are being "restocked" after losses in the assaults on ...

President Vladimir Putin further cemented his grip on power and sought to counter Russia's isolation from the West over the ...