Under the leadership of Ramzan Kadyrov, the predominantly Muslim southern Russian republic of Chechnya has maintained a high degree of autonomy while remaining loyal to the Kremlin and Russian ...

It was in judo class at the age of 12 that Putin met one of his lifelong friends: Arkady Rotenberg. The pair remained close, and in the cloak-and-dagger world of Russian politics, it would be old ...

Jafar Panahi, the Iranian dissident director, won the Palme d'Or at Cannes for "It Was Just an Accident," a political film ...

But never before on official state symbols. Now it's happened. The Russian coat of arms shown in the video from Chechnya has no crosses. It's not fake," said Russian military blogger Yuri Kotenok.

Russia's Victory Day commemorations yesterday marked 80 years since the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany. More than 20 foreign leaders attended the military parade in Moscow, reflecting a group ...

The health of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who earlier this month sought to resign, is deteriorating rapidly, sources and observers have told Al Jazeera. But Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

From dwelling on the impact of mass violence on children, to their integration into the infrastructure of war, filmmakers ...