Maga, his nom-de-guerre, is part of a unit of Chechen fighters helping Ukraine battle Russian troops in eastern Ukraine. Many ...

(LVIV, Ukraine) — The Ukrainian military says it has repelled a Russian attempt to take control of the strategic port of Mariupol. The Ukrainian military’s General Staff said in a statement that ...

The Chechen leader in 2009 publicly warned that any woman who behaves promiscuously could be "killed by her brother". Aishat said she was abused for years. A friend, speaking to AFP on condition of ...

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has announced an indictment in absentia against Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. He ordered the use of Ukrainian prisoners as human shields for Russian forces, the ...

Iya Rashevska was told her husband – a member of the country’s armed forces – had gone missing in the frontline in the eastern Donetsk region, in April 2023. The news of Serhiy Skotarenko’s ...

The Muslim-majority region in the North Caucasus mountains is one of the most conservative and closed places in Russia - Copyright AFP Alexander NEMENOV The Muslim ...