Words of War,' starring Maxine Peake as Anna Politkovskaya, provides a respectful but inauthentic tribute to the Russian ...

Anna Politkovskaya gets an inspiring biodrama that transcends her assassination.

Russian President Vladimir Putin could be facing another war front, this time on his own turf, as one Chechen battalion prepares a second offensive against Moscow, a spokesman for the volunteer ...

A Georgian valley region at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains near the Chechen border, Pankisi serves as a proxy homeland ...

Maxine Peake, Ciarán Hinds and Jason Isaacs Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter Director: James ...

“During the entire Second Chechen War, Russia lost 6,000 soldiers. That means that in just one month near Pokrovsk, Russia ...

The first conflict erupted in 1994. The second Chechen war began in 1999 and culminated in a siege by Russian troops of Grozny, the Chechen capital, which was devastated by heavy Russian bombardment.

“In 1999, the war began,” Azhiyev said, referring to the Second Chechen War, during which he rose to become commander of the central front for the unrecognized separatist state of Ichkeria ...

Amid persistent rumors that President Boris Yeltsin’s health was deteriorating, the rising violence and unrest in the North Caucasus ultimately sparked the Second Chechen War in August 1999.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has appointed a new commander to the armed forces in Ukraine as Moscow looks to turn around its dwindling fortunes. General of the Army Sergei Surovikin will ...

doughty and dutiful in following the career of Politkovskaya from the onset of her reporting on the Second Chechen War to her assassination on Oct. 7, 2006 — Vladimir Putin’s 54th birthday.

doughty and dutiful in following the career of Politkovskaya from the onset of her reporting on the Second Chechen War to her assassination on Oct. 7, 2006 — Vladimir Putin’s 54th birthday.