It also motivated hundreds of Chechens to go to Ukraine and fight the invading Russian army in 2022. It is important to remember what happened to the Chechen people today, as Ukrainians also face ...

A commander in Vladimir Putin's forces called for the mobilsation of a 'couple million troops', and said the war with Russia will mean countries in Europe 'cease to exist' ...

Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the Chechen unit Akhmat, has called for the mobilization of millions of soldiers, posing a ...

Russian troops are strengthening their positions in the Kursk Oblast and are preparing to attack the city of Sudzha in the ...

“Army service has always been a matter of prestige in Chechnya,” Saraliyev said. “I am certain that tens of thousands of our young men are prepared for a military career. We are loyal to our ...

The authorities of Chechnya handed over 200 "Jihad mobile ... First Deputy Defense Minister Army General Valery Gerasimov reported to President Vladimir Putin on March 12 that Russian troops ...

Rashevskaya soon found out that her husband, a native of Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhya region, was alive and being held captive in Chechnya along with several other Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Enforced disappearances in Chechnya are so widespread and systematic that they constitute crimes against humanity. Human Rights Watch urges the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to take ...

Benor is a veteran of the Second Chechen War. Vakha, who once served in the Georgian army, fought in 1993 against Russian-backed Abkhazian separatists. Thousands of foreign fighters have joined ...