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 ...

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 troops released by Ukrainian forces who had been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fluctuations in Kadyrov's weight, which one Russian media outlet has linked to his potential illness. Photos: Ukrainska Pravda The ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says one of his senior military commanders is alive and well, contradicting reports that he had been wounded or killed in Ukraine. Kadyrov said the commander, Adam ...

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 ...

Police in St. Petersburg are investigating the disappearance of a Chechen woman who was forcibly sent back to Chechnya last year as a possible murder, the SK SOS human rights group said on April 8.

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 ...

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 ...

Among all the tanks produced by the Soviet Union, the T-80 stands out as the black sheep of the family. Forever stuck in the ...