effectively beginning the First Chechen War. Thirty years later and two wars since, Chechnya, under strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, has become a key pillar of Russian President Vladimir Putin's ...

Ukrainian authorities estimate that more than 150 Ukrainian POWs are currently being held in Chechnya, a Russian region ruled by authoritarian leader Ramzan Kadyrov. Kadyrov says the soldiers were ...

About 10,000 Chechen ... Kadyrov [the first head of the Chechen Republic] and Vladimir Putin dreamt of," Kadyrov stressed. "Western intelligence has been waging a subversive information war ...

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said at a meeting with the operational headquarters for the "special military operation" that there will be no mobilization in the republic. He explained this by ...

I distinctly recall being six or seven years old when I first ... the Kadyrov family. To demonstrate his loyalty to the Kremlin, in 2011, Ramzan Kadyrov, who inherited the presidency of Chechnya ...

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the addition to the list of prisoners of war. He published another video with prisoners.

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Over 20,000 Chechen fighters have fought in Ukraine since the start of Russia’s special military operation and 9,000 of them are currently on the frontline, Chechnya’s Head Ramzan Kadyrov said ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who has ruled the republic since 2007, said he wants to remain in power for life. VOA Russian spoke to regional experts who believe that despite this being illegal ...

The martial artist, hailing from Russia's Chechnya ... first-round submission victory against former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker at UFC 308, Saitiev lauded 'Borz' and Ramzan Kadyrov.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has given a $36,000 Mercedes to a 5-year-old boy for doing 4,105 consecutive push-ups. Rahim Kurayev - dubbed the "Chechen Schwarzenegger" by local media - showed off ...