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 ...

1995 in Grozny, capital of the breakaway southern republic of Chechnya. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/AFP via Getty Images) After the Second Russo-Chechen War, Russia was inspired by its success and ...

southwest of Grozny, two soldiers killed and five were wounded when their truck detonated a land mine, he said. Chechnya won de facto independence in a 1994-96 war, which ended with the retreat of ...

Human Rights Watch/Helsinki and Memorial Human Rights Center researchers are currently on a fact-finding mission in Ingushetiya interviewing refugees who fled from Grozny, the capital of Chechnya ...

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

Deniyev, a well-known member of Chechnya's anti-separatist establishment, was targeted by a rebel explosion at a television studio in Avtury, 30 kilometers (18 miles) southeast of Grozny ...