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

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

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

As speculation swirls about the Chechen strongman’s health, Moscow faces the challenge of preserving order in a region built on one man’s fear-based rule.

Chechen leader and Russian President Vladimir Putin's close ally Ramzan Kadyrov could be dying, raising the question of who ...

The head of Russia's Caucasus region of Chechnya, a fervent supporter of Moscow's war in Ukraine, said Kremlin leader ...

In Chechnya, a tiny Muslim republic in southern Russia with just 1.5 million people, resistance to Russian rule dates back at least two centuries.

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.

Chechnya established a secular government in 1991. Three years later, then- President Boris Yeltsin sent Russian troops into the breakaway republic. After two years of waging an unpopular, ...

But Chechnya’s homegrown insurgency has been replaced by another pressing security threat. Islamic State propaganda has taken root inside Chechnya, especially among the younger generation.

For many gay men, Danill said, living in fear, hiding your truth is commonplace in the conservative Islamic culture of Chechnya. LGBT activists say here, Islam takes the harshest view of ...

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 ...