Amid rampant speculation about his health, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-allied strongman who rules the region, has been ...

As Chechnya's longtime strongman Ramzan Kadyrov battles a mysterious illness, uncertainty looms over who will control the ...

For over two decades, Ramzan Kadyrov has ruled Chechnya with an iron fist on behalf of the Kremlin, crushing dissent and eliminating rivals in exchange for broad autonomy and generous federal ...

The republic of Chechnya’s financial dependence on the Russian federal government remains the highest in the country, with ...

Chechnya sits in the North Caucasus region between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. It is an almost entirely Muslim republic, which includes part of Russia’s border with Georgia.

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 28 August 2023 The southern Russian republic of Chechnya has long been a boiling point for conflict with Moscow in the restive North ...

Chechnya is a roughly 6,700-square-mile autonomous republic situated in the North Caucasus of southern Russia and home to some 1.5 million people, the vast majority of whom are Muslim.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader and ally of Russia's President Putin, receives personal congratulations from Putin on his ...

ACHKHOI-MARTAN, Russia -- At the side of a road near this town in west-central Chechnya, Russian soldiers sitting atop a broken-down armored car scan the horizon nervously.

Chechnya’s Culture Ministry said when it made the announcement last week on Telegram that it had been carrying out “a huge amount of work” on the issue of compliance of Chechen musical, ...

Authorities in the Russian Republic of Chechnya have announced a ban on music that they consider too fast or slow.. Minister of Culture Musa Dadayev announced the decision to limit all musical ...

Authorities in the Russian Republic of Chechnya have announced a ban on music that they consider too fast or slow.. Minister of Culture Musa Dadayev announced the decision to limit all musical ...