On the 25 th anniversary of the beginning of the second post-Soviet Chechen war, Stanislav Dmitriyevsky says that that conflict is, despite what many think, far from over and will become a major ...

We trace the long road that led Chechnya into open war with Russia, beginning with its deep historical roots and centuries of ...

On the 30th anniversary of the first Chechen war that became a turning point in Russia's modern history, VOA Russian interviewed Abubakar Yangulbayev, the 32-year-old outspoken exiled Chechen activist ...

FOR A SMALL territory of 1.5m people, Chechnya has played a big role in shaping modern Russia. The Chechen Wars of the 1990s and early 2000s were the only large conflicts, among those that followed ...

As horrible as it was to watch the video footage from the Moscow streets around the theater where some 700 hostages were held until government forces stormed the building early this morning, it is as ...

Friday’s attack at a Moscow theater was an historic act of terrorism. It was the most grotesque slaughter of human life in Russia since the high point of Chechen terrorist... Russian state media ...

Russia’s Central Election Commission says Ramzan Kadyrov secured 99.85% after all ballots were counted, extending his rule over Chechnya since 2007 ...