The investigation into the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) aircraft near Aktau Airport in Kazakhstan entered its ...

Chechen leader Arbi Barayev has been killed in a drive by Russian troops to flush out leading rebels. The death of Barayev, for years described by Moscow as the ringleader of kidnapping gangs that ...

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 ...

Even during the World Cup, which brought hordes of foreigners to Russia, the capital of Chechnya remained well off the beaten path for most travellers. The Grozny airport doesn't even have a conveyor ...

It was in judo class at the age of 12 that Putin met one of his lifelong friends: Arkady Rotenberg. The pair remained close, ...

The first Chechen film to screen at the Cannes Festival has won Best Documentary while a film about WikiLeaks founder Julian ...