Even simple public criticism of the regime can lead to repression. Russian security services apply particularly harsh methods ...

Absorbing a high rate of casualties is the Russian way of war. And the Ukraine War proves it. But before we get to the ...

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya in southern Russia, was reported last week to have submitted a request to the Kremlin ...

Words of War” — 3 stars The fact that an infinitesimal fraction of people who line up for the latest Marvel superhero movie ...

One of the major factors at play is the knowledge that if Chechnya were to rebel against Kadyrov, even if such a rebellion were successful, Russia would intervene with more troops to support Kadyrov.

WORDS OF WAR is a dramatized documentary about the life of Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya, who defied Vladamir ...

(AP Photo/Michel Euler, File) PARIS (AFP) — French security services have arrested a Chechen teenager suspected of plotting an "Islamist-inspired" attack on a football game during the Paris Olympic ...

She soon realizes that the campaign against the Chechen rebels is the government's way of covering up a genocide. Despite facing poisoning, intimidation, and threats, Anna remained steadfast in ...

Putin, a former KGB boss, has just become prime minister. As rebels in the Chechen Republic make their second bid for independence and the Russian response grows more punishing, Muratov sends Anna ...

Putin, a former KGB boss, has just become prime minister. As rebels in the Chechen Republic make their second bid for independence and the Russian response grows more punishing, Muratov sends Anna ...