It is the first in a series of bulletins that will document violations of human rights and humanitarian law by all forces in the war in Chechnya. Russian forces have shown utter contempt for ...

The city’s relative calm merely masks what many have termed Chechnya’s “dirty war,” in which abuses, including numerous arbitrary detentions that often result in “disappearances ...

Russian forces captured the sixth settlement in the Donetsk region, a week after penetrating Ukraine's defensive lines.

Reports that Chechnya's strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov is terminally ill pose a serious problem for Vladimir Putin. The Russian president is desperate to avoid instability in the North Caucasus ...

Ukraine’s defenses are nearing the breaking point amid a shortage of ammunition, manpower, and fortifications. U.S. weaponry ...

Some of these are very explicit. Satirical maps were produced by all sides in the first world war, depicting Europe as a series of caricatures to dehumanise enemy states and push a victorious war ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a huge threat from Chechnya as the region moves towards a "bloody" war, according to an expert. The region is led by Ramzan Kadyrov, a ruthless strongman who ...

The UK's Defence Intelligence has looked into the role that pro-Russian Chechen units known as Kadyrovites are currently playing in Russia's war against Ukraine. Source: UK Defence Intelligence update ...

Chechnya has reportedly banned music that is too fast or too slow. The Russian republic is said to have ruled that all music should "correspond to a tempo of 80 to 116 beats per minute (BPM)". Its ...

WASHINGTON — Launched by Moscow in 1999, the second Chechen war elevated the stature of Russia’s new and then little-known prime minister, a former intelligence officer named Vladimir Putin.

Reports that Chechnya's strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov ... due to his contributions to the war effort, including the recruitment of volunteers". The loss of the "Kremlin's loyal foot soldier ...