Many are veterans of the first Chechen war of 1994-1996, and most, like Boris, ask that their full names not be published. The contract soldiers also have been implicated in killings of civilians.

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.

Bombings 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 two ...

In Chechnya, blood feuds are a traditional custom of extracting revenge by killing an enemy or his male relatives. Reuters was not able to verify TASS’s translation of Kadyrov’s remarks.

Chechnya's Walking WoundedTatyana, a young nurse in Nizhni Novgorod, a regional capital in Central Russia, had been married just 10 days last March when her husband Alexander, 21, knifed her to ...

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