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

effectively beginning the First Chechen War. Thirty years later and two wars since, Chechnya, under strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, has become a key pillar of Russian President Vladimir Putin's ...

Brutal tactics employed by Russia in its war on Ukraine have shocked much of the world but come as no surprise to older residents of Chechnya, who this week marked the 30th anniversary of an ...

Unknown even in Russian politician Vladimir Putin became the most influential person in the country 25 years ago — and ...

Russian aviation authorities did not allow the plane to land in any of the multiple airports nearby, forcing the pilots to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not love his country and people as he is sending Russia's youth to die in his wars of ...

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

December 30, 2024: Firepower is a multifunction tool in combat. For example, during the 1999 Chechnya War in the Caucasus Russian troops used firepower intensive tactics to take Chechen capital of ...

Russia won't say if it mistakenly downed an Azerbaijani plane on Christmas. But it acknowledges the crash came amid a ...

They claim that nine new Russian paramilitary units have been established since the start of the war through Kadyrov. The Chechen army has even been seen testing out new war weapons in Ukraine ...