Russia launched the Second Chechen War in August 1999, marking its second and ultimately successful attempt to suppress Chechen rebels in the North Caucasus republic. International human rights ...

A new trailer for Words of War, starring Ciarán Hinds, Maxine Peake, and Jason Isaacs, has been released. Watch it now.

Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a rebel commander during the 1999-2009 Chechen war, was shot in the head in a park in Berlin in August 2019. Vladimir Putin has denied any Russian involvement in ...

It is the first in a series of bulletins that will document violations of human rights and humanitarian law by all forces in the war in Chechnya. Russian forces have shown utter contempt for ...

The younger generations of Chechen and Ingush peoples began to learn about what had happened to their parents and grandparents. They finally heard the stories of how, during World War II ...

Arthur Biyarslanov was just four years old when the war came. In August 1999, Chechen rebels invaded neighboring Dagestan, where Biyarslanov and his family lived, with the goal of establishing an ...

Noomi Rapace is set to take on the lead role in an upcpoming action thriller titled Traction , which is described as a high-stake character-driven story. The film follows Kate (Rapace), “a former U.S.

Next to him, on a small gas stove, Mikhael Dudadiev, 39, known by his war name Benor, is preparing zhizhig galnash, a traditional Chechen dish made of meat, pasta, and garlic sauce. “It reminds ...

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