Friday’s attack at a Moscow theater was an historic act of terrorism. It was the most grotesque slaughter of human life in Russia since the high point of Chechen terrorist... Russian state media ...

For all that he can scarcely walk past a tank or a fighter jet without a photo opportunity of him peering out of the cupola or ensconced in the cockpit, Vladimir Putin is no soldier. He did his bare ...

SOCHI, Russia -- Natasha Yaroslavtseva's son Sasha hanged himself almost a year ago. He was 21, and just back from the war in Chechnya. Back to Sochi, the famous and now run-down Soviet-era resort on ...

MOSCOW — Chechen guerrillas who took over a theater here in mid-performance shot a woman to death, authorities said Thursday, increasing fears for the safety of about 700 remaining hostages. But in a ...

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 ...

The death of the notorious Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov could spark an explosion of violence and chaos across southern Russia that threatens Vladimir Putin himself, according to regional experts and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced on Sept. 1 that it had charged Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in absentia with war ...

The Chechen leader in 2009 publicly warned that any woman who behaves promiscuously could be "killed by her brother". Aishat said she was abused for years. A friend, speaking to AFP on condition of ...

Why has Russia’s military failed to achieve a different outcome in Ukraine than in Chechnya decades earlier, despite years of modernization and investment? The answer lies in Russian president ...