Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unexpected trip to Chechnya on Tuesday, as Ukraine's cross-border incursion into the ...

(LVIV, Ukraine) — The Ukrainian military says it has repelled a Russian attempt to take control of the strategic port of Mariupol. The Ukrainian military’s General Staff said in a statement that ...

Apti Alaudinov, the Chechen special forces leader, said: 'If you die defending your homeland, you will go to heaven' - Getty Images Europe A Chechen commander has mocked the “sobs” of mothers of young ...

MOSCOW -- He is Russia's homegrown version of Osama bin Laden, but with a trademark all his own: dramatic mass hostage-takings that have often turned to bloodbaths. Like bin Laden, Shamil Basayev is ...

Arman Tsarukyan believes the UFC roster will be filled with Dagestani and Chechen fighters if they are signed on merit. Tsarukyan (23-3) has trained in Dagestan in the past. According to Tsarukyan, ...