The airspace above Grozny, the capital city of the southern Russian republic of Chechnya, was only closed after the plane was ...

Russia’s ethnic republics witnessed some of the country’s largest protests, suffered from the disproportionate mobilization ...

But in 1999, after Mr Putin launched the second Chechen war to restore Russian control over the break away republic, the Kadyrovs changed sides. Akhmad was subsequently installed as the pro ...

to Grozny in Russia -- the capital city of Russia's Chechen Republic -- when the incident occurred. At the same time, Ukrainian drones were attacking targets in Chechnya, prompting a response from ...

It was heading for Grozny in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya. Authorities say 38 people were killed. The Russian presidential office announced on Saturday that Putin spoke with ...

the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya. An official Kremlin statement issued on Saturday said that air defence systems were firing near Grozny airport as the airliner "repeatedly ...

Ukrainian drones had previously attacked Grozny, the capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, and other regions in the country’s North Caucasus. An official in Chechnya said another drone ...

provincial capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, as an Azerbaijani commercial airliner with 67 people aboard was attempting to land there on Wednesday. Russia said nothing about whether its ...

Operations at the airport were suspended at 6 a.m. amid a Ukrainian drone attack allegedly targeting the Russian regions of ...

Some aviation experts suggested that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane had been hit by air defence systems over the Russian republic of Chechnya and pro-government media in Azerbaijan quote officials ...