For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the ...

Dive into the gripping history of the First Chechen War, tracing Chechnya's long struggle for autonomy against Russian domination. 🇷🇺 From ancient roots and religious shifts to Soviet ...

In the Ukraine war, it is artillery that has enabled tactically clumsy Russian infantry and armor to advance. Stalin once called it the "god of war." ...

VLADIMIR Putin has given his clearest signal yet that he’s ready to step down — saying he’s “not afraid to hand over the ...

But the war also changed Russia itself far more than most outsiders grasp. No cease-fire, not even one brokered by a U.S.

Conscripts were not supposed to be sent into combat unless Russia was invaded, due to dangerous protests during Russia’s attacks on Chechnya ... During the first year of the 2022 Ukraine War, it lost ...

Additionally, Chechen veterans of the Afghan War used their combat experience to fiercely resist Russia in the first Chechen war (1994-1996). The war in Ukraine is producing an even larger and ...

If the U.S. cuts off military assistance before Europe can significantly ramp up its support, Russia won’t hesitate to step ...

During the second Chechen War ... allows Russia to finalize comprehensive agreements with Afghanistan directly. Evgeniy Smirnov of the independent human rights group Pervyi Otdel ("First ...