Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has called for the execution of family members of suspected criminals who cannot be found. During a Dec. 30 meeting of ...

New reporting has put the Chechen warlord's health in the headlines once more. But there are other, subtler, signs that the republic might be preparing for a regime change. Chechen warlord Ramzan ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has declared a “blood feud” against three federal-level lawmakers hailing from the neighboring republics of Dagestan and Ingushetia. The statement was yet another twist ...

Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel on September 17 released a video showing the Chechen strongman smiling and talking to the camera in an apparent attempt to counter speculation about his health ...

In December 1994, Russian troops launched a brutal and eventually unsuccessful military campaign against Chechen rebels, effectively beginning the First Chechen War. After losing the first and winning ...

A senior Ukrainian official suggested that the Kremlin faked a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who has been rumored to be gravely ill. Russian state news ...

Kadyrov said someone else would supposedly have “their own initiatives and their own vision.” He also expressed hope that “his request would be supported.” Later, Kadyrov walked back the statement, ...

Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov has speculated how he would conduct negotiations with Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky to end the Kremlin's invasion. Kadyrov told the Russia 1 TV channel that, ...

Chechnya's strongman leader Kadyrov, a Putin loyalist, said he was in Ukraine with his fighters. The Putin loyalist posted to Telegram on Sunday saying he had been in Hostomel, near Kyiv. It came ...

The Kremlin dismissed the Change.org petition as being driven by bots, with Kadyrov at the center of threats to behead the family of a human rights lawyer. The blogger Mamikhan Umarov, 43, a vehement ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has reportedly traveled to Ukraine, where members of his feared militia force are believed to be fighting alongside regular Russian forces. The TV channel controlled by ...

Ramzan Kadyrov, the powerful leader of Russia’s Chechen Republic, accused Elon Musk on Thursday of disabling a Tesla Cybertruck that he claimed to have received from the billionaire last month.