We trace the long road that led Chechnya into open war with Russia, beginning with its deep historical roots and centuries of ...

GROZNY, Chechnya, Russian Federation, March 27 (UNHCR) - The authorities in Russia's war-ravaged republic of Chechnya have announced that, by the end of this year, they will provide apartments to ...

Facing what activists say is a hardening of repression inside Chechnya amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Asil and Aishat, both young women, recently fled their violent families in search of safety.

In the fall of 2022, Seda Suleimanova fled Chechnya for St. Petersburg to avoid being forced into an arranged marriage, as her older sisters were. She was forcibly returned in August 2023 -- and ...

The Muslim-majority region in the North Caucasus mountains is one of the most conservative and closed places in Russia – Copyright AFP Alexander NEMENOV Facing what ...