THE bizarre fiefdom of Chechnya has long been controlled by warlord and top Vladimir Putin crony Ramzan Kadyrov and his ...

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

Grozny has become a key target for the Ukrainian ... The former separatist rebel fought against the Russians in the First Chechen War, only to change sides and join Moscow in the second conflict ...

For example, during the 1999 Chechnya War in the Caucasus Russian troops used firepower intensive tactics to take Chechen capital of Grozny. The Chechens were fighting from trenches and the rubble of ...

Sources told Reuters the plane had been hit by Russian fire. "It was as if it was drunk - not the same plane anymore," one ...

Azerbaijan is observing a nationwide day of mourning for the victims of the air crash that killed 38 people and left all 29 ...

The Kremlin claimed that the AZAL 8432 flight with 67 passengers on board hit a flock of birds early Wednesday after it entered Russian airspace to land in Grozny, Chechnya’s administrative capital.

Russian air defense missile may have downed Azerbaijani plane, media say Russia terrorizes Ukraine with mass missile, drone ...

Vladimir Putin apologized Saturday after the US and Azerbaijan accused Russia of shooting down a passenger plane, killing 38 ...

Moscow threatens retaliation after EU blocks state media on Telegram - Vladimir Putin faces mounting pressure to admit ...