In Chechnya, defying authority or tradition can carry consequences beyond life. Activists say domestic violence victims, LGBT ...

EXCLUSIVE: The ghosts of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal past have emerged amid his deadly war in Ukraine as a group of Chechen fighters now looks to establish their own stake in the fight. ...

Russia unleashes a heavy bombing campaign. Cities and towns are reduced to rubble. Thousands of civilians are killed. Russia did this twice — against fellow Russian citizens — in Chechnya in the 1990s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New reporting has put the Chechen warlord's health in the headlines once more. But there are other, subtler, signs that the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Russian republic Chechnya, follows mixed martial arts fights in Achmat Fight Club. Emile Alain ...

Ukrainian drones and long-range Flamingo missiles struck targets in Chechnya and deep inside Russian oil infrastructure, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Social media users are sharing a video of a man and woman being shot, claiming it shows Ukrainian military violence against civilians in Chechnya. The clip, however, is from a 2014 French film by an ...