The Chechen leader has made similar public statements in the past about stepping down but has always remained in power.

Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian journalist who went up against the villain of our age and paid the ultimate price for it.

For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the region as a loyal vassal of Vladimir Putin. Since Russia launched its ...

The Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya is the subject of a film that honors her bravery.

Muratov sends Anna to the capital city of Grozny to write about what she finds, telling her: “We don’t need a war correspondent in Chechnya. We need a people correspondent.” The ...

In this animated documentary, we explore how Russia lost the First Chechen War (1994–1996) - a conflict that exposed the limitations of Russian military power and ignited Chechnya’s fierce struggle ...

Grozny. Kadyrov sent Chechen men to fight alongside Russian soldiers in the now more than three-year-old war in Ukraine that Russia started with a full-scale invasion on its smaller neighbour.

on which day he was awarded an anniversary medal by the Federation of Trade Unions of the Chechen Republic. Adam Kadyrov came to the centre of public attention in 2023 after he beat Nikita Zhuravel, ...