A Russian politician has threatened to “cut off the heads” of a Chechen anti-torture activist and his relatives. Adam Delimkhanov, a member of the pro-Putin United Russia party, made the threat on ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov smiles during a government organised event marking Chechen language day in central Grozny April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said that ...

(Reuters) - Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has accused Russian lawmakers from neighbouring regions of attempting to commission his assassination, and threatened them with a "blood feud" unless they ...

A United States-sponsored radio station has begun Chechen-language broadcasts to the North Caucasus, despite objections from Russia. We do not take sides, but we are not in the business of making ...

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which is funded by the US, was told to cancel the planned launch after the State Department declared that such broadcasts might prove "counterproductive". Moscow had ...

Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov attends a signing ceremony following a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with Saudi Arabia's King Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 14, 2019. (Photo ...