Israeli soccer players are scheduled to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of a synagogue in Grozny in the predominantly ... then destroyed during the first Chechen war of 1994-96, according ...

At least 70,000 civilians were killed; the capital, Grozny, was completely ... the new provincial president. No. Chechnya had been largely destroyed by war, with its roads and power plants and ...

The T-80 main battle tank (MBT ... its baptism by fire in the First Chechen War. The tank incurred a mixed performance record during the catastrophic siege of Grozny, with ...

It is the first in a series of bulletins that will document violations of human rights and humanitarian law by all forces in the war ... Grozny and hitting civilian areas in outlying villages in ...

After losing the first and winning the second Chechen War, Russia has consolidated its hold over the region, home to 1.5 million people, with the help of Kadyrov's father, Akhmat, and loyalist ...

Law enforcers blocked the buildings, and a counterterrorism operation was launched in downtown Grozny ... since the battle phase of the second war against Islamist separatists in Chechnya came ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has said that Russian forces attacked the city of Kharkiv with a missile in retaliation for drone strikes on Grozny, which were reported on the morning of 15 December.

It is the first in a series of bulletins that will document violations of human rights and humanitarian law by all forces in the war ... Grozny and hitting civilian areas in outlying villages in ...

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia’s Chechen Republic and a key loyalist ... the Russian military threatened to destroy what’s left of Grozny with strategic bombers and ballistic missiles ...