Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the ...

(RFE/RL) PRAGUE, July 10, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The death late on July 9 of Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev creates a window of opportunity for those few Russian officials who advocate peace talks ...

MOSCOW -- He is Russia's homegrown version of Osama bin Laden, but with a trademark all his own: dramatic mass hostage-takings that have often turned to bloodbaths. Like bin Laden, Shamil Basayev is ...

(LVIV, Ukraine) — The Ukrainian military says it has repelled a Russian attempt to take control of the strategic port of Mariupol. The Ukrainian military’s General Staff said in a statement that ...

The Moscow theater siege was a portent of more terrorism to come, warns Rajan Menon, a Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow specializing in Russia. He argues that the shocking attack shows that ...

Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) on Nov. 30 released a video of an operation in the Russian-occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in which it claims to have interrupted the sale of stolen diesel ...

Chechen opposition activist Mansur Movlaev, known for his criticism of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, has been detained in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Mediazona reports, citing Radio Azattyk. A court in ...