A team of elite Chechen commandos sent into Ukraine to hunt down and assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was "eliminated" by security forces, a top Kyiv defense official told national media.

EXCLUSIVE: The ghosts of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal past have emerged amid his deadly war in Ukraine as a group of Chechen fighters now looks to establish their own stake in the fight. ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says his cousin and close ally Adam Delimkhanov is “alive and well” after a flurry of reports Wednesday said the Chechen lawmaker was wounded or possibly killed on the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The president of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, refused to meet with his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fluctuations in Kadyrov's weight, which one Russian media outlet has linked to his potential illness. Photos: Ukrainska Pravda The ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says one of his senior military commanders is alive and well, contradicting reports that he had been wounded or killed in Ukraine. Kadyrov said the commander, Adam ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the Chechen Republic, offered on Sunday ...

Police in St. Petersburg are investigating the disappearance of a Chechen woman who was forcibly sent back to Chechnya last year as a possible murder, the SK SOS human rights group said on April 8.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya since 2007, was diagnosed with pancreatic necrosis in 2019. It was reported last week that his health has taken a serious turn for the worse, and he is in ...