MOSCOW, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Islamist militants claimed responsibility on Wednesday for a bombing that derailed a Russian express train, killing 26 people, according to the website KavkazCenter.com. The ...

DONETSK OBLAST — Moscow has fought bitterly to avoid giving up control over the lands it conquered over the centuries — and made many enemies in the process. Now, as Russia is leading yet another war ...

Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov has been hospitalized in “critical condition,” according to Ukrainian intelligence officials, raising the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin could lose ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the ...

For many of the Chechen opposition members and separatists abroad who have come from across Europe to join a volunteer battalion in Ukraine, battling Russia has become a way of life. Decades -- even ...

Chechen opposition activist Mansur Movlaev, known for his criticism of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, has been detained in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Mediazona reports, citing Radio Azattyk. A court in ...

Jan 25 (Reuters) - The brother of Moscow's most wanted guerrilla says Islamist rebels in Russia's southern borderland are planning to hit economic targets and are getting arms and money funneled ...