According to Chechnya’s constitution, no one below 30 can head it. At the time of the 2004 assassination of his father, Akhmat, Ramzan was 28.

Amid rampant speculation about his health, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-allied strongman who rules the region, has been noticeably absent from view, while grooming his teenage son for the future.

The republic of Chechnya’s financial dependence on the Russian federal government remains the highest in the country, with over 92% of its 2024 expenditures financed by Moscow. The figures ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday made an unscheduled trip to Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic within the Russian Federation, his first visit in nearly 13 years, as ...

More than 150 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) may be held in Chechnya, Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Feb. 14.