Amid rampant speculation about his health, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-allied strongman who rules the region, has been ...

Russia’s major infrastructure and trade ambitions with Iran, including the vital North-South Transport Corridor and Caspian ...

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 ...

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, leaders like President Volodymyr Zelensky have drawn parallels between Russia’s tactics in Chechnya and Ukraine.

On Russia, Trump is amazingly conventional, following in the well-worn path of George Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, all ...

December 11th will mark 30 years since the beginning of the First Chechen war. The initial Russian assault on Chechnya signaled not just the start of a merciless conflict that killed tens of ...

That means any fundamental change in the post-Putin era will have to involve facing Russia’s crimes in Chechnya. Failure to do so on a societal level will allow history to repeat.

Global Economy Ukraine invades Russia – what are the political implications? Ukraine's surprise invasion into Kursk could change the course of the war politically ...

Reports that Chechnya's strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov is terminally ill pose a serious problem for Vladimir Putin. The Russian president is desperate to avoid instability in the North Caucasus ...

Provides an overview of Russia, including key events and facts about this major world power.

Russia - the largest country on earth - emerged from a decade of post-Soviet economic and political turmoil to seek to reassert itself as a world power. Income from vast natural resources, above ...