For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the region as a loyal vassal of Vladimir Putin. It evokes images of a turbulent ...

Relatives of two brothers who fled homophobic persecution in Chechnya — but were later captured — were detained and interrogated by authorities, according to an LGBTQ rights group. Last month, 20-year ...

Authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya will only allow music between 80 and 116 beats per minute, though it's unclear how the rule will... Authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya are ...

Russia unleashes a heavy bombing campaign. Cities are reduced to rubble. Thousands of civilians are killed. Russia did that twice in Chechnya in... Russia's wars in Chechnya offer a grim warning of ...

In December 1994, Russian troops launched a brutal and eventually unsuccessful military campaign against Chechen rebels, effectively beginning the First Chechen War. After losing the first and winning ...

Rospartizan, an anti-war, anti-Putin Russian network that has claimed several incidents of sabotage against Moscow since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, said the headquarters of the ...

Oscar nominee David France's startling depiction of the courageous effort to save Chechnya's queer community from state-sanctioned persecution was denounced by the government and went viral: "People ...

An exiled Chechen rights lawyer, who along with his family members has faced death threats from Chechen leaders, says he will continue his activities to defend the rights of people of Chechnya, a ...

Senior U.S. intelligence and counter-terrorism officials tell NBC News that there has been recent intelligence reporting that Osama bin Laden is financing the Chechen operation in Dagestan and may be ...

* Islam flourishing in Russia's Chechnya * Chechen leader drives Muslim revival * Chechnya encourages customs that breach Russian law By Amie Ferris-Rotman GROZNY, Russia, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Adam, 52, ...

Russia is a country where thousands are detained at peaceful demonstrations and even single-person picketers are thrown behind bars — all in the name of public safety and even public health. In this ...