As Chechnya's longtime strongman Ramzan Kadyrov battles a mysterious illness, uncertainty looms over who will control the region he has ruled with an iron grip—setting the stage for a ...

But in Chechnya it seemed to encourage and may have later given cover to extreme violence by the security services. Before 2016, there was still a tiny but still active underground gay scene in ...

In February 2024, Akhmat received his first ministerial posting as Chechnya's minister for youth and sports, a job given to him after less than two years of leading the region's state-backed youth ...

Chechnya leader's son, 17, becomes head of Chechen security council By Reuters April 23, 20256:50 AM PDTUpdated April 23, 2025 ...

The warlord leader of Chechnya has mounted a machine gun on a Tesla Cybertruck that he says he plans to send to Russian forces on the battlefields in Ukraine.

Europe Chechnya is banning music that's too fast or slow. These songs wouldn't make the cut April 9, 202411:07 AM ET By Rachel Treisman ...

The beat goes on, but much of Taylor Swift ’s, Beyoncé ’s and even the Beatles’ back catalogs could be off playlists in Chechnya after the Russian republic instituted limits on musical ...

This is Chechnya behind the facade of victory declared by Russia seven months ago in its war against the separatist rebels. The Russians occupy almost all of the breakaway region, yet control ...

Sponsored by the American Committee for Peace in Chechnya, these unofficial talks were held in August 2001 in Caux, Switzerland, and a year later in Liechtenstein.

B ombings and gunfire are daily features of life in Chechnya. But even by those sorry standards, last week marked a low in its recent history. On Monday, a truck bearing explosives equivalent to ...

Chechens voted for a parliament Sunday. The Kremlin says the vote shows progress after 10 years of secessionist violence. Human rights groups call the vote a political farce.