In this animated documentary, we explore how Russia lost the First Chechen War (1994–1996) - a conflict that exposed the limitations of Russian military power and ignited Chechnya’s fierce struggle ...

Many Russian soldiers say they would see a cease-fire along the current front lines as a failure, hinting at the nationalist discontent the Kremlin could face in accepting a cease-fire.

which they said was reminiscent of the humiliating retreat that followed the first, 1994-96 war that left Chechnya with de facto independence but overrun by crime. Troshev said the pull-out - which is ...

Under the leadership of Ramzan Kadyrov, the predominantly Muslim southern Russian republic of Chechnya has maintained a high degree of autonomy while remaining loyal to the Kremlin and Russian ...

Austria is deporting Chechen asylum seekers on security grounds back to Russia, where they risk being forcibly recruited to ...

ANDREI YAKOVLEV is an Associate at Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and a Visiting Research ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov spoke amid rumors of deteriorating health that will soon force him to step down.

An evidently unprepared Obama administration made no serious protest of Putin's seizure of Crimea and occupation of part of ...

Russia has shown it doesn't want a cease-fire. Ukraine can survive this war and defeat Russia only by securing its skies, ...

The military ... the Soviet Union and was raised watching classic Soviet movies about World War II and attending the much more humble Victory Day parades in my hometown, where I earned my first ...

Putin said Russia had sufficient resources to take the war in Ukraine to its conclusion, though he hoped that there would be no need to use nuclear weapons.