Ukrainian long distance drones have reportedly hit Russian military bases in Chechnya. Russian Telegram channels have claimed Ukrainian drones targeted Grozny, the capital of Russia’s Chechnya ...

The Akhmat special police regiment, a Chechen military group that has fought for Russia in Ukraine, was listed as one of 73 teams that took part in the UAE SWAT Challenge on Feb. 5, along with ...

It’s the term Russian soldiers use to describe their actions in Chechnya. “Without bespredel, we’ll get nowhere in Chechnya,” a 21-year-old conscript explained. “We have to be cruel to them.

Allegations of brutal interrogations, where Ukrainian men were shot and threatened with rape, have been made by a former Russian military officer. Konstantin Yefremov, the most senior officer to ...

Kadyrov's rule has enabled Moscow to quiet the restive region. Chechnya played host to two brutal secessionist conflicts in the 1990s and 2000s, the second of which was overseen by Putin.

Saratova began traveling across Chechnya to document abuses, mainly casualties from the military's so-called clean-up operations. She often worked with Estemirova, with whom she shared a room.