We trace the long road that led Chechnya into open war with Russia, beginning with its deep historical roots and centuries of resistance to imperial rule. We examine how Soviet policies, mass ...

The fact that an infinitesimal fraction of people who line up for the latest Marvel superhero movie will bother to see a drama about an actual hero is enough to make a person sick to their soul, but I ...

How did Russia lose the First Chechen War? This modern history documentary explores Chechnya’s struggle for independence, the military failure of Russian forces, and the rise of leaders like Dudayev ...

Facing what activists say is a hardening of repression inside Chechnya amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Asil and Aishat, ...

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More than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, two films premiering in the Venice Days sidebar of the Venice Film Festival explore a different conflict that embroiled ...

Russia's mostly Muslim republic of Chechnya is becoming a major player in rebuilding war-ravaged Syria. And ordinary Chechens are likely to foot the bill, with many of them being forced to make ...

MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The leader of Russia's Chechnya region, Ramzan Kadyrov, said on Thursday that he was opposed to talks on ending the war in Ukraine and that Moscow should fight on. "I ...

As more is learned about the background of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the alleged suspect in the Boston bombings who is now the subject of an unprecedented manhunt, the teenager’s ethnic Chechen heritage has ...

The fact that an infinitesimal fraction of people who line up for the latest Marvel superhero movie will bother to see a drama about an ACTUAL hero is frustrating, but I guess it’s understandable.

The Muslim-majority region in the North Caucasus mountains is one of the most conservative and closed places in Russia - Copyright AFP Alexander NEMENOV The Muslim ...