MOSCOW, July 8 (Reuters) - The Kremlin-backed head of Russia's Muslim Chechnya region has praised assailants who targeted women with paintball pellets for going bareheaded, prompting outrage on ...

Armed assailants injured several policemen in attacks in three locations in the Russian republic of Chechnya on Monday, as the Islamic State group claimed responsibility. Russia’s Investigative ...

An award-winning Russian journalist, who has spent years investigating purported human rights abuses in Chechnya, has been seriously injured in an attack by armed masked men. Yelena Milashina had just ...

All fighters and an unknown number of other people have been killed in the operation. The President of the Parliament was able to escape. The attack came as the Russian Interior Minister visits the ...

Kadyrov does not want to sacrifice Chechnya’s population for the “Russian world,” the source said. At the same time, he has used the war to consolidate his power and suppress perceived disloyalty.

Chechen Republic leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has repeatedly supported Russia in its war against Ukraine. But, he has rarely sent men on his own to the frontlines ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aftermath of the Russian attack on the nursing home in Sudzha. Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ukrainian ...

An attack on an Orthodox church Saturday in the mainly Muslim southern Russian republic of Chechnya killed two policemen and a civilian and left four rebels dead, officials said. “According to early ...