We trace the long road that led Chechnya into open war with Russia, beginning with its deep historical roots and centuries of ...

Authorities have not linked Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to any insurgent groups, and the Kremlin-backed strongman who now leads Chechnya says the brothers got their inspiration in the U.S., not the ...

MOSCOW, Sept. 12 -- The broken and burned bodies of children had just been pulled from the wreckage of a small-town school. All Russia was in mourning. And President Vladimir Putin was quietly furious ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. Stock Photo: Getty Images Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has claimed that Ukrainian prisoners of war ...

Anna Politkovskaya, a correspondent for the Moscow biweekly Novaya Gazeta, was in Los Angeles last October, picking out her dress for a media awards ceremony, when some staggering news came from ...

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 ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A general and ally of Ramzan Kadyrov, the strongman leader of Russia's ...

A Chechen warlord has managed to get his hands on one of Tesla’s Cybertrucks, and is so impressed with the vehicle, he’s invited Elon Musk for a visit. Ramzan Kadyrov, president of Russia’s Chechnya ...