Google Maps Following the First Chechen War from 1994 to 1996, Chechnya gained independence from Russia. However, the Second Chechen war from 1999 to 2000 brought Chechnya back under Russian rule ...

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

Clues to the mysterious murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko could be found in his ties to Chechnya, those close to him say.

The southern Russian region of Chechnya on Friday became the first to introduce a night curfew to try to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, despite having reported only a dozen confirmed cases.

NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports from Grozny that although Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared the military phase of the war in Chechnya over, the Russian-installed administration has only ...

Russia's opposition Novaya Gazeta newspaper said on Wednesday it would pull its journalists out of Chechnya after a human rights activist and her husband were killed as part of a string of ...

A tense security situation continues to dog the Russian republic of Chechnya, despite efforts by Moscow to reduce the federal forces patrolling the war-torn region and encourage Chechens who have ...

An overview of the media in Chechnya, including links to broadcasters and newspapers.

He has had trouble in many venues, but former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson got an enthusiastic welcome Thursday in Chechnya.

Electoral officials said preliminary results showed Kadyrov, the current pro-Russian administrator of Chechnya, winning more than 83 percent of the votes cast in Sunday's election, trouncing ...