In a statement, the Russian Ministry of Defense said it had "liberated" the settlements of Borisovka, Ogurtsovo, Pletenevka, ...

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 ...

Vladimir Putin has been threatened by leaders of Muslim regions within Russia who have allegedly warned him that jihadists ...

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

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 ...

Sebastian Smith, who reported from Chechnya at the time, tells the story of the first war and the uneasy peace which followed from 1996. As he shows, the Chechens retained their fledgling state ...

The Kremlin presents its war in Ukraine as a continuation of Moscow’s fight against Nazism in World War II. An exhibition of ...

Chechen officials moved quickly to dispel the rumors. A behind-the-scenes clip of Kadyrov's war cabinet appeared on social media hours after Novaya Gazeta Europe's reporting went live, apparently ...

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

Chechnya is governed by Russian laws, which already heavily restrict media that contains swearing or that mentions drugs or LGBTQIA themes. The first two especially impact things like rap ...

The Russian republic of Chechnya is said to have ruled that all music should "correspond to a tempo of 80 to 116 beats per minute (BPM)" - meaning a lot of modern western music would be banned ...

Ruling means music in Russian republic must ‘conform to Chechen mentality and sense of rhythm’ The Russian republic of Chechnya has banned dance music it deems either too fast or too slow ...