Amid rampant speculation about his health, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-allied strongman who rules the region, has been ...

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Russia’s major infrastructure and trade ambitions with Iran, including the vital North-South Transport Corridor and Caspian ...

On Russia, Trump is amazingly conventional, following in the well-worn path of George Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, all ...

In 1997, NATO and Russia pledged to cooperate on European security, basing their ties on a “shared commitment” to principles such as respect for human rights and the rule of law. Twenty-five ...

As US President George W. Bush holds summit talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Russian and foreign experts say the Chechen war serves as a potential obstacle to rapprochement between the ...

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, leaders like President Volodymyr Zelensky have drawn parallels between Russia’s tactics in Chechnya and Ukraine.

Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan have cooled following contentious arrests in both countries. Russia may be about to ...

December 11th will mark 30 years since the beginning of the First Chechen war. The initial Russian assault on Chechnya signaled not just the start of a merciless conflict that killed tens of ...

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Reports that Chechnya's strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov is terminally ill pose a serious problem for Vladimir Putin. The Russian president is desperate to avoid instability in the North Caucasus ...