A team of elite Chechen commandos sent into Ukraine to hunt down and assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was "eliminated" by security forces, a top Kyiv defense official told national media.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says his cousin and close ally Adam Delimkhanov is “alive and well” after a flurry of reports Wednesday said the Chechen lawmaker was wounded or possibly killed on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ramzan Kadyrov, seen here meeting Vladimir Putin in Chechnya, said he wants to step down.Sputnik ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The president of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, refused to meet with his ...

Europe’s leading human rights body decided Wednesday not to remove a Chechen member of its Russian dissident advisory panel ...

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. ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov had life-threatening kidney issues last ...

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya since 2007, was diagnosed with pancreatic necrosis in 2019. It was reported last week that his health has taken a serious turn for the worse, and he is in ...

The origins of the Chechen resistance reach back to the 18th and 19th centuries, when expanding empires encountered long-standing highland societies with their own laws and autonomy. Early ...