The chief source of Putin’s dilemma is that the tragedy occurred over Chechnya, perhaps the only corner of Russia where his word isn’t necessarily law. If the incident had occurred in the skies over ...

Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the “Akhmat” Chechen special forces unit, and Alexey “Serb” Milchakov, the neo-Nazi leader of the “Rusich” paramilitary assault group, have appeared together in a new ...

The 5ft 8in Chechen leader has dedicated himself and his republic almost completely to impressing Vlad since he took power in 2007. The pair of tyrants are often seen grinning with each other with ...

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane is believed to have been struck by Russian air defense as it attempted to land in Russia's Chechnya republic. Newsweek has reached out to Russia's Foreign Ministry ...

The Embraer E190 airliner was en route from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to Grozny in Russia's Chechen republic, ruled by Ramzan Kadyrov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Passengers ...

In 2021, he and seven other men were arrested in Turkey on suspicions of plotting attacks against critics of Chechen leadership ... to reform the former Soviet republic into a freer, Western ...

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 jet was flying from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to Grozny, in Russia’s Chechnya republic. At the same time, drone strikes were taking place around Grozny and Russian air defense systems ...

The deadly crash this week of an Azerbaijani passenger jet — with Russian air defenses as the suspected culprit — brings into focus a little-noticed aspect of the war in Ukraine: a battle zone ...