Chechen Civilian Head Challenges Army
With President Putin's blessing, Moscow's Chechen appointee in the war-torn republic is making a bid to restrain the military.
With President Putin's blessing, Moscow's Chechen appointee in the war-torn republic is making a bid to restrain the military.
Has the former Chechen parliament impeached pro-independence president Aslan Maskhadov or is it a Moscow-inspired trick?
Russia's forceful bid to 'resolve' the Chechen problem seemed certain to attract criticism from the very start of the military operation in Chechnya. The Kremlin's ability to ignore those critics may not be as strong as the army's.
A confident Ramzan Kadyrov turns 30, and looks to the Chechen presidency.
The Council of Europe restores Russia's voting rights, suspended in the wake of the September 1999 invasion of Chechnya
Radicals and Islamists now dominate the ranks of Chechen rebel fighters.
Attackers identified as Chechens from Russian North Caucasus, though their motives remain unclear.
A seven-month experiment in dialogue between human rights groups, the Russian army and civilian officials in Chechnya has ended in failure.
Who was Movsar Barayev and why did he embark on a desperate hostage-taking mission in Moscow?
Федеральные солдаты с сочувствием отнеслись к русской женщине, которая ищет пропавшего жениха.