MOSCOW, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Islamist militants claimed responsibility on Wednesday for a bombing that derailed a Russian express train, killing 26 people, according to the website KavkazCenter.com. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DONETSK OBLAST — Moscow has fought bitterly to avoid giving up control over the lands it conquered over the centuries — and made ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the ...

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. ...

For many of the Chechen opposition members and separatists abroad who have come from across Europe to join a volunteer battalion in Ukraine, battling Russia has become a way of life. Decades -- even ...

Authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya are banning music they consider either too fast or too slow, effectively criminalizing many genres. The Chechen Ministry of Culture announced the ban on ...

Jan 25 (Reuters) - The brother of Moscow's most wanted guerrilla says Islamist rebels in Russia's southern borderland are planning to hit economic targets and are getting arms and money funneled ...