But in not giving Aliyev satisfaction, Putin risks alienating a key ally. A freeze in Azerbaijani-Russian relations could ...

Grozny has become a key target for ... gun on the back of it earlier this year. The 5ft 8in Chechen leader has dedicated himself and his republic almost completely to impressing Vlad since he ...

The clearing of 37.5 hectares of the Sunzha reservoir in the city of Grozny in the Chechen Republic has been completed. The Federal Agency for Water Resources allocated 114.6 million rubles for the ...

Russia won't say if it mistakenly downed an Azerbaijani plane on Christmas. But it acknowledges the crash came amid a ...

Russia has said its air defences were working at the time repelling Ukrainian drones. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Grozny - the destination - is the capital of the Chechnya republic, a Russian region controlled by Vladimir Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov which regularly sends troops to fight in the war against Ukraine.

Russia's Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident." ...

Cryptocurrency miners in Chechnya will be treated as terrorists, Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma deputy and advisor to the head of the republic, said in comments reported by Grozny-Inform. Delimkhanov ...

The Kremlin on Thursday declined to say Russian forces accidentally shot at an Azerbaijani plane that crashed last month, ...

The service with 67 people on board fell on Christmas Day en route from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to Grozny, the capital of the Chechen republic on Russian territory. The aircraft went down ...

Russia's head of aviation Dmitry Yadrov claimed a Ukrainian drone attack was underway in Grozny before the plane crashed.

Putin's apology came as accusations mounted that the plane had been shot down by Russian air defenses attempting to deflect a ...