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Loading “This is how Russia waged war against Chechnya decades ago. They killed Syrians the same way. Russian bombs destroy Ukrainian homes the same way.” Russia’s Defence Ministry on ...

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Jan. 28 accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of deliberately prolonging the war and avoiding peace negotiations. "Negotiations can be held with anyone," Putin said ...

The Azerbaijani airliner was traveling from Baku to Grozny in Russia's Chechen Republic on Dec. 25, 2024, but was forced to change course and crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau. Independent ...

Russians who fought in Chechnya and Afghanistan came home to silence and stigma. There’s a very public push to make things different this time. By Valerie Hopkins and Alina Lobzina Valerie ...

The plane, flying from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to Grozny in Russia's Chechnya, crashed hundreds of kilometres (miles) to the east, near the Kazakh city of Aktau, killing 38 of the 67 ...

Instead, they were fed dog food. Photos leaked by former Russian ... Igor Matveyev, a veteran of Russia’s 1990s Chechen Wars, he might say the biggest problem facing Russian troops is widespread ...

A 15-year-old Dutch hitman has been seriously injured after a gun attack on a Chechen mafia leader in Hamburg. Two people were injured during the shooting at a Turkish restaurant on January 12 ...