But in not giving Aliyev satisfaction, Putin risks alienating a key ally. A freeze in Azerbaijani-Russian relations could ...

The clearing of 37.5 hectares of the Sunzha reservoir in the city of Grozny in the Chechen Republic has been completed. The Federal Agency for Water Resources allocated 114.6 million rubles for the ...

Grozny has become a key target for ... gun on the back of it earlier this year. The 5ft 8in Chechen leader has dedicated himself and his republic almost completely to impressing Vlad since he ...

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

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Dec. 28 that Russian President Vladimir Putin's apology over a deadly Azerbaijan Airline ...

Russia's Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident." ...

Grozny - the destination - is the capital of the Chechnya republic, a Russian region controlled by Vladimir Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov which regularly sends troops to fight in the war against Ukraine.

The service with 67 people on board fell on Christmas Day en route from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to Grozny, the capital of the Chechen republic on Russian territory. The aircraft went down ...

Cryptocurrency miners in Chechnya will be treated as terrorists, Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma deputy and advisor to the head of the republic, said in comments reported by Grozny-Inform. Delimkhanov ...

Russia's head of aviation Dmitry Yadrov claimed a Ukrainian drone attack was underway in Grozny before the plane crashed.

Putin's apology came as accusations mounted that the plane had been shot down by Russian air defenses attempting to deflect a ...

Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 caught fire as it tried to make an emergency landing in Aktau, southwestern Kazakhstan, on Wednesday. It was traveling from the Azeri capital Baku to Grozny, the ...