For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the ...

Words of War is an upcoming biographical film about the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Directed by James Strong, the film is set to be released in theatres on May 2, 2025.

The teenage son of Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia's Chechnya region and close ally of President Vladimir Putin, has ...

Ramzan Kadyrov's son has previously served as his personal bodyguard, a trustee at the Chechen Special Forces University, and ...

This unit, with a strength of 300-400 men, was largely composed of rebels who have accepted amnesty. To separate the Vostok Battalion from the government, it was attached to the Russian Army's 42nd ...

The scale of the suffering that Israel has inflicted on all Palestinians within its reach has meant that Hamas’ fate is ...

Bojan Pancevski is The Wall Street Journal’s chief European political correspondent, covering European and global affairs. He ...

Whatever fate awaits it as an organisation - and let’s face it, insurgencies like the Tamil Tigers or the Chechen rebels have been crushed by overwhelming force, while others like ETA have ...

After a disastrous military assault, in which 129 hostages died, Moscow embarked on humiliating peace talks with the rebels, and agreed to let Basayev return safely to Chechnya. Soon after ...