Chechnya, we have bad blood. The culture ministry of the Russian republic recently announced it is banning any songs that are too up-tempo — or down-tempo — in a bid to conform with the country’s ...

The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has downplayed the connection of the Boston Marathon bombers to the restive Russian region, blaming their alleged actions on their American upbringing ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The question of Chechnya’s independence appears to have created fissures in the Tsarnaev household as the ...