MOSCOW – The killing of top Chechen rebel Aslan Maskhadov leaves the insurgency largely in the hands of Shamil Basayev, the most brutal of the warlords – a development that could undermine any chance ...

VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia -- Chechen rebels staged attacks on pro-Moscow forces in the capital Grozny on Monday, killing four people, as the republic began three days of mourning for dozens killed in last ...

Reports that Chechnya's strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov is terminally ill pose a serious problem for Vladimir Putin. The Russian president is desperate to avoid instability in the North Caucasus ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot from a video posted on his Telegram Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of Chechnya, has published a video in which he ...

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 ...