Moscow (AFP) - An injury-time goal by local hero Magomed Ozdoev gave 2018 World Cup hosts Russia a 1-0 win over Romania in a historic friendly in Chechen capital Grozny on Tuesday. The volatile ...

Three days after being criticized by Vladimir Putin, Russia ended a run of poor form Tuesday by beating Romania 1-0. Skip to content. America's Newspaper. 1. Subscribe. Give a gift. Sign In ...

Amid rampant speculation about his health, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-allied strongman who rules the region, has been ...

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Reports about torture of gays in Chechnya produce no investigation, ... Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov smiles before an exhibition soccer match between Russia and Romania in Grozny, Russia.

Located in the northern part of the Caucasus mountain range, Chechnya's 1.3 million population is 95.3 percent Chechen, an ethnic minority originating in the North Caucasus region, according to ...

In 1932-33, thousands of starving Ukrainians were able to flee the "Holodomor," the devastating famine that claimed millions of lives in Soviet Ukraine. A number of them sought refuge in Chechnya ...

Russia unleashes a heavy bombing campaign. Cities are reduced to rubble. Thousands of civilians are killed. Russia did that twice in Chechnya in the 1990s. Is a repeat likely in Ukraine today?