From left, Apti Alaudinov, a top Russian commander from Chechnya; Adam Delimkhanov, a member of Russia’s Duma; Mr. Kadyrov; and Magomed Daudov, Chechnya’s prime minister, in Moscow in December.

How did Russia lose the First Chechen War? This modern history documentary explores Chechnya’s struggle for independence, the military failure of Russian forces, and the rise of leaders like ...

A new photo book by Eddy van Wessel, with nearly two hundred images taken over the course of three years, offers a visual ...

(EDITORS: BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM) Led by Maskhadov, a former Soviet army colonel, separatist fighters began fighting Russian troops in 1994, when then-President Boris Yeltsin sent in tanks and aircraft ...

A Chechen man was convicted on Tuesday of killing Colonel Yuri Budanov, the first senior army officer jailed for murdering a civilian during Russia's wars in the North Caucasus province of Chechnya.