As more is learned about the background of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the alleged suspect in the Boston bombings who is now the subject of an unprecedented manhunt, the teenager’s ethnic Chechen heritage has ...
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 ...
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 ...
MOSCOW, March 9 -- Early last month, gunmen pulled alongside the car of Maj. Gen. Magomed Omarov, a deputy interior minister of Dagestan, a Russian republic squeezed between Chechnya and the Caspian ...
Chechnya's leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, had maintained close ties with Vladimir Putin, likened to a "father-son relationship" Kadyrov has carved out enemies in Russia's security and intelligence services ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov have a personal relationship based on mutual dependence. Mikhail Metzel/Pool/AFP via Getty ...
Putin made a surprise visit to Chechnya, his first trip there since 2011. He was greeted by Chechnya's self-styled warlord Ramzan Kadyrov. The visit comes amid a Ukrainian incursion into Russia's ...