On June 19, 2025, in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, @iles_hasanov shared a video of a dramatic roadside encounter. In the video, ...

As speculation swirls about the Chechen strongman’s health, Moscow faces the challenge of preserving order in a region built on one man’s fear-based rule.

The conversation is said to have happened moments before Pantsir-S1 missiles were fired at the passenger plane.

Chechen independence fighters shoot at Russian soldiers Jan. 5, 1995 in Grozny, capital of the breakaway southern republic of Chechnya. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/AFP via Getty Images) ...

FILE - A Chechen fighter moves into position next to the Presidential Palace in central Grozny during heavy fighting, Jan. 10, 1995.

️ Drones attack the territory of the Kadyrov special police regiment in Grozny, Chechnya. There are wounded The barracks are less than 4 km from the residence of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.

A news outlet used military ID reportedly recovered during Ukraine’s advance into Russia’s Kursk region to establish the identity of Chechen fighters killed, wounded and captured in battle.

GROZNY, Chechen Republic — A hulking military transport plane roared onto the tarmac at the main airfield in Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic in southeastern Russia, and a group of ...

Russia has reportedly deployed a notorious Chechen unit in Zaporizhzhia. The fighters of the Akhmat Grozny are policing the Ukrainian Nuclear town. Akhmat Grozny operates in Enerhodar, which was ...

Russia deploys feared Chechen unit to police Ukrainian nuclear town Pro-Kremlin Chechen fighters accused of atrocities are trusted to work at the company town of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power ...

Kadyrov, the son of former Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov who was assassinated in a 2004 bombing in Grozny, had last year supported some of Prigozhin's criticism of Russia's top military brass ...

Russian forces laid waste to Chechnya, razing its capital Grozny to the ground with tactics it is now repeating again in cities in eastern Ukraine, like Bakhmut.