Russian and Ukrainian soldiers will eventually largely lay down their arms, but as the Soviet Afghanistan War shows, ...

Chechen efforts to create new MSDs in the region appear to be succeeding. Kadyrov uses some brutally effective methods. Any groups that oppose him are largely eliminated as Kadyrov arranges to have ...

The battalions of this unit are made up of veterans of the late Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenary group who do not attempt to ...

Roman Ivanishin has been accused of surrendering himself to Ukraine and telling other soldiers to ditch the army - although ...

PUTIN henchman and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is “preparing to flee Russia” – as he has put his son in charge of the ...

One of Russia’s most outspoken generals, sacked and detained after a withering attack on the Defense Ministry two years ago, ...

Polina Zherebtsova spent ten years of her childhood caught up in the wars declared by Russia on the Chechen Republic.

The idea that Western media can spread Russian propaganda and enable the Kremlin’s information warfare about the situation in Ukraine has entered the mainstream. But some outlets have inadvertently ...

When in charge of the 58th Army, Popov was affiliated with a battalion ... who received training from former Wagner Group and Chechen ‘Akhmat’ forces,” says Stepanenko.

March 25, 2025: Twenty three years ago the Russian border troops encountered Chechen rebels using donkeys for transportation in the rugged Caucasus highlands everyone was operating in. The Russian ...

Solovyov then said: "Is this an army or a gang? Well, 'Akhmat' is an army." Representatives of the Chechen unit perceived this as an attack on them, likely only hearing the words "Akhmat" and "gang" ...