In the 1800s, Russia sought once and for all to conquer Chechnya and the entire wild mountain region known as the Caucasus, seeing it as a vital buffer zone to the turbulent Muslim nations of ...

On Monday, January 27, the people of Chechnya will hold presidential and parliamentary elections, the first since the brutal war ended there last fall. These elections mark the beginning of a new ...

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 ...

April 8 (Reuters) - A man wielding a knife was killed after attacking a police station in Chechnya on Tuesday, along with one of the station's officers in the Russian Caucasus region, officials said.