Chechen leader Arbi Barayev has been killed in a drive by Russian troops to flush out leading rebels. The death of Barayev, for years described by Moscow as the ringleader of kidnapping gangs that ...

But Russian President Vladimir Putin does not want Kadyrov to be succeeded by his third son, they say. Earlier this month, 48-year-old Kadyrov, who has long dubbed himself Putins ...

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, published a video with captured equipment brought to the republic from the front line.

Even simple public criticism of the regime can lead to repression. Russian security services apply particularly harsh methods ...

"I am asking to be dismissed from my post," Kadyrov told state-controlled Chechnya Today on Monday, per The Kyiv Independent's translation. "I hope that my request will be supported," he added.

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 ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Ramzan Kadyrov in Moscow on Wednesday, just days after the Chechnya governor said ...

Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up today at a religious ceremony in Chechnya, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens of others in the second major attack in the breakaway ...

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya in southern Russia, was reported last week to have submitted a request to the Kremlin ...

Chechnya Leader's Son, 17, Becomes Head of Chechen Security Council (Reuters) - The teenage son of Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia's Chechnya region and close ally of President Vladimir Putin ...

April 23 (Reuters) - The teenage son of Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia's Chechnya region and close ally of President Vladimir Putin, has been appointed secretary of the region's security ...