Russian and Chechnya officials have held the first face-to-face talks since the start of the war in 1999. Russian President Vladimir Putin's envoy to Chechnya met with a Chechen rebel representative ...

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

Relations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chechnya Governor Ramzan Kadyrov have soured in recent months, the ...

Russia and Azerbaijan have been at odds since late December when the Azerbaijani plane bound for the city of Grozny in the Russian republic of Chechnya was accidentally hit by anti-aircraft flak and ...