That same year the second Chechen war on the country’s southern border raged. Twenty-five years later, Vladimir Putin is still in the Kremlin, but Russia is again in the grip of war on its post ...

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Sunday his country was not at war but not living in peacetime either, citing hybrid attacks, suspected sabotage in the Baltic Sea and a proxy war fought on ...

The Defence Secretary has said the UK should be as prepared as Sweden in the face of ‘pressing’ threats like Russia ... war,’ the Swedish brochure was sent to millions of households last ...

Partially due to his hardline stance against terrorism and the successful conduct of the Second Chechen War ... lists 25 major events that define Putin's 25-year-long rule over Russia.

On 31 December 1999, who would have thought that Russia's new leader would still be in power two and a half decades later? Or that Russia today would be waging war on ... Putin on 25-year Russian ...

Putin’s obduracy turned an opening military fiasco into a brutal war of attrition which Russia’s resources could win at a huge price. But Putin’s rise over the years owed more to ...