1995 - Chechen rebels seize hundreds of hostages at a hospital in Budennovsk, southern Russia. More than 100 people are killed in the raid and in an unsuccessful Russian commando operation.

MOSCOW, June 24. /TASS/. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has slammed the armed mutiny of the PMC Wagner as betrayal and said that Chechen commandos are on the way to the areas of tensions.

They held the building for several days before Russian negotiators agreed to start peace talks and allow the gunmen to escape back to Chechnya. About 100 people were killed during the rebel assault ...

The warlord leader of Chechnya, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s main cronies, is reportedly gravely ill with kidney problems, sparking fears that he was poisoned. Ramzan Kadyrov ...

10 that sources alleged Elkhan Suleymanov, former deputy prime minister of Chechnya and Kadyrov’s personal physician, had been targeted by the man called “Putin’s attack dog.” ...

The Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has accused three Russian deputies of plotting his assassination and has threatened them with 'blood feud.' In Chechen culture, this means killing the enemy or a ...

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 ...

Kneeling in a patch of yellow wildflowers, a Chechen soldier carefully attaches an explosive device to the bottom of a small drone. Seconds later, it is released. It explodes next to two old ...

Adam Kadyrov is enjoying a stellar career. Russian state media reported that the 17-year-old was named curator of Chechnya's internal affairs ministry on Monday, meaning he'll oversee police and ...

Authorities in the Russian Republic of Chechnya have announced a ban on music that they consider too fast or slow. Minister of Culture Musa Dadayev announced the decision to limit all musical ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has accused Tesla CEO Elon Musk of “remotely disabling” his Cybertruck, which had been sent to the frontline of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Kadyrov claimed ...

1995 - Chechen rebels seize hundreds of hostages at a hospital in Budennovsk, southern Russia. More than 100 people are killed in the raid and in an unsuccessful Russian commando operation.