After years of maintaining that Chechen troops fighting for Russia against Ukraine do not and should not surrender, Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov has softened his stance on prisoners of war.

Ramzan Kadyrov, ruler of Russia's Chechnya, has announced that he has lifted his previous order for fighters from the Akhmat, a Chechen armed formation fighting on Russia’s side, not to take Ukrainian ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has claimed that Ukrainian prisoners of war were being held at a university in Chechnya which he said was attacked by a drone on 29 October, and had been killed in the ...

(Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov inspected on Tuesday Chechen troops and volunteers readying to fight Ukraine, the Kremlin said, in what was Putin’s first ...

VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia -- Attacks by Chechen insurgents left nine Russian soldiers and policemen dead, an official in the Chechen administration said Thursday. Four soldiers were killed and nine others ...

ONCE a feared dictator known for his ruthless crackdowns and flamboyant spectacle, Ramzan Kadyrov is now a debilitated despot said to be “at death’s door”. Dubbed the ...

VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia -- Recent fighting between government troops and rebels in Chechnya has killed 10 Russian soldiers, an official said Sunday. The Kremlin insists the war in Chechnya is over, with ...

He is the son of Akhmad Kadyrov, a former separatist mufti who switched sides to Moscow, he became head of Chechnya in 2007 with the backing of Vladimir Putin. Since then, Kadyrov has positioned ...