Chechnya

Azerbaijan

Pilots and crew of doomed Azerbaijan Airlines flight hailed as heroes

Captain Igor Kshnyakin, co-pilot Aleksandr Kalyaninov and purser Hokuma Aliyeva lost their lives in the crash landing, while the other two flight attendants, Zulfugar Asadov and Aidan Rahimli, reportedly survived and were being treated in hospital.

26/12/2024

Europe News

Ukraine ramps up counter-attacks with drone strike on Chechnya

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov vowed retaliation for the attack, amid an escalation in drone and missile attacks betwen Kyiv's and Moscow's forces.

16/12/2024

Europe News

Four killed in petrol station fire in southern Russia

Regional authorities said the cause of the explosion in Grozny is unknown but that a criminal investigation has been opened.

13/10/2024

Europe News

Putin praises Chechen fighters set for Ukraine in surprise visit

The trip by Russian President Vladimir Putin is his first to the predominantly Muslim republic within the Russian Federation in nearly 13 years.

21/08/2024

Culture news

Chechnya reportedly bans music that is too fast or too slow

Chechnya has reportedly banned all music outside of 80 - 116 BPM – a restriction which will exclude countless songs and musical genres like pop, dance and electro music, which often exceed the 120 BPM mark.

09/04/2024

Russia

Euroviews. In today's Russia, 'god of war' Putin is more popular than ever

Originally, Putin was picked as a future puppet because he fit the bill — the strongman persona was exactly what the doctor had ordered. Then he ended up cutting loose from his patrons, keeping the persona and the power he accrued all for himself, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

28/11/2023

Ukraine

Zelenskyy rules out elections, Wagner training Chechen special forces

The latest developments from the Ukraine war.

07/11/2023

Russia

Chechen leader hands son, 15, 'prominent position' in security forces

Strongman Ramzan Kadyrov's teenage boy was recently filmed punching and kicking a prisoner.

06/11/2023

Russia

Chechen leader praises son for beating up prisoner

After posting a video on Telegram, Ramzan Kadyrov said he was “proud” of his son for assaulting a man accused of burning the Quran.

26/09/2023

Germany

German court sentences Russian man over plot to murder dissident

Thwarted assassination plan is suspected to have been initiated at the top of Chechnya's power elite

31/08/2023

Ukraine

Russian forces using 'old vehicles packed with explosives' – UK MoD

The tactic may have been introduced by veterans of separatist conflict in Chechnya.

13/07/2023

Russia

Award-winning Russian investigative journalist attacked in Chechnya

Milashina has long exposed human rights violations in Chechnya and has faced threats, intimidation and attacks. In 2020, Milashina and a lawyer accompanying her were beaten by a dozen people in the lobby of their hotel.

04/07/2023

Ukraine

'Against the Empire': Why Russia's neighbours are fighting for Ukraine

Analysts say several hundred citizens of former Soviet republics have fled to Ukraine to avoid persecution at home, while others have joined Ukraine's armed forces to help defend the country against the Russian invasion.

28/06/2023

Russia

Euroviews. No mutiny is worth it to Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov — at least for now

As long as Putin sits on his gilded throne in Moscow, Ramzan Kadyrov will stay as close to him as humanly possible, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

26/06/2023

World News

Ukraine war: Russia orders Chechen soldiers to begin offensive

Euronews correspondent Sasha Vakulina reports with the lastest updates from Ukraine.

01/06/2023

Sweden

Dissident claims he 'staged own death' to avoid assassination

The opposition blogger alleged he planned and orchestrated reports of his own murder last year to evade getting bumped off by hitmen..

19/04/2023

Austria

'The Chechen & the Cop': Immigrant and policeman fight racism together

A young Chechen man in Vienna set up a TikTok channel with a police officer to answer questions most immigrants are too scared to ask, plus some silly ones too.

14/04/2023

Ukraine

Russian offensive 'gains ground' and other developments

Here is our round-up of all the latest news from Ukraine this Saturday.

21/01/2023

Ukraine

'TikTok warriors': What are Chechen fighters doing in Ukraine?

Chechens - including radical Islamists - are fighting alongside Ukrainian troops, while Russia has used them to execute deserters and do its dirty work on the battlefield.

20/01/2023

Ukraine

Ukraine war: Kyiv 'makes biggest advance in the south since war began'

Ukrainian troops captured multiple villages in the southern Kherson region on Monday in a significant new breakthrough.

03/10/2022