The health of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who earlier this month sought to resign, is deteriorating rapidly, sources and observers have told Al Jazeera. But Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

Ramzan Kadyrov said he's asked Putin to be allowed to step aside as Chechen leader. Kadyrov has previously hinted at the move, citing his long rule. Possible successors include Muslim Khuchiev and ...

For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the region as a loyal vassal of Vladimir Putin. It evokes images of a ...

Adam Kadyrov, 17, was just appointed to oversee Chechnya's internal affairs ministry. He's the son of Chechen strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov, a staunch ally of Vladimir Putin. The teenager is set ...

The chief source of Putin’s dilemma is that the tragedy occurred over Chechnya, perhaps the only corner of Russia where his word isn’t necessarily law. If the incident had occurred in the skies over ...

Brutal tactics employed by Russia in its war on Ukraine have shocked much of the world but come as no surprise to older residents of Chechnya, who this week marked the 30th anniversary of an ...

The US supported the Chechen separatists ... Gompers was born to a Jewish family of cigar makers in London in 1850, which immigrated to New York City because of poverty. He worked as a cigar ...

Chechnya and the Republic of Georgia. She became a favorite of U.S. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf in the first Iraq War, often smoking cigars with the commander of coalition forces. And when Iraqi ...

A Chechen warlord who claimed Elon Musk gifted him a Cybertruck accused the Telsa CEO on Thursday of “remotely” disabling the machine-gun-mounted vehicle, which needed to be towed off the ...

Vladimir Putin has paid his first visit to Chechnya in 13 years to visit military volunteers - who he hailed for making Russia "invincible". Mr Putin's visit came against the backdrop of Ukraine's ...

It's a pretty terrifying sight to behold, especially as it's in the hands of Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, who is the leader of Russia's forces in the Chechnya region. Kadyrov revealed the ...