Chechnya, a North Caucasus region of about 1.5 million people, has been described by some in Russia as a “Chechen Khanate.” ...

Human Rights Watch/Helsinki and Memorial Human Rights Center researchers are currently on a fact-finding mission in Ingushetiya interviewing refugees who fled from Grozny, the capital of Chechnya ...

NALCHIK, Russia -- A Chechen rebel has been sentenced to life in prison for numerous crimes, including torture and killing Russian servicemen. Salaudin Temirbulatov was convicted of killing ...

A cat walks next to a tank of pro-Russian troops in front of an apartment building damaged during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 19, 2022. REUTERS ...