But the amount paid out was meagre and insulting. Still, the Chechen people hoped they would receive a formal apology from newly elected Russian President Boris Yeltsin. In 1993, during a visit to ...

On behalf of all of us and on behalf of the entire Chechen people, I want to congratulate him and wish him health, love in his family and security in the state. The people of the Russian ...

The Polish prosecutor's office warned that Akhmed Zakayev would be arrested on an international warrant if he arrived in Poland to attend the third World Congress of the Chechen People that was ...

A commander in Vladimir Putin's forces called for the mobilsation of a 'couple million troops', and said the war with Russia ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who has ruled the republic since 2007, said he wants to remain in power for life. VOA Russian spoke to regional experts who believe that despite this being illegal ...

A Chechen immigrant planned an attack on the Israeli embassy in Berlin. German police said they had arrested Ahmed, a 18-year-old Chechen immigrant "with an Islamic background," who confessed to ...

The sport of wrestling mourns the loss of one of the most successful athletes in its history: At the age of just 49, the 1996 ...

UFC middleweight prospect Khamzat Chimaev is mourning the loss of 49-year-old Chechen wrestling legend and 9x gold medalist ...

Khamzat Chimaev's longtime associate and head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has paid his tribute to wrestling legend Buvaisar Saitiev following the latter's demise.