Rights groups have documented widespread abuses under Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian president of the Russian republic of ...

Austria is deporting Chechen asylum seekers to Russia despite warnings they could be forcibly recruited to fight in Ukraine, ...

Bukkvoll, a Norwegian defense analyst, uses a vast range of sources to put together a comprehensive history of Soviet and Russian special forces, known as spetsnaz ... notably in Chechnya. And they ...

As outlined by ISW, Russian defense included elements from the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade, Chechen’s Akhmat Spetsnaz, Wagner Group veterans, and BARS (Volunteer Reserve) units. Russian milbloggers ...

Spetsnaz is the Russian for Special Forces ... Moscow The films follows some of the different units on operations in Chechnya Angola and Moscow as well as their competitive selection process ...

Putin became the Russian leader in 1999 ... were conscripts who felt up to the challenge of being a spetsnaz commando or paratrooper, and the Afghans feared these troops. The Chechen War lasted from ...

North Korean units fighting for Russia sustained losses of at least ... Korean forces operating in Kursk recently fired at Chechen "Akhmat" Spetsnaz battalion vehicles and killed eight Chechen ...

“North Korean forces are reportedly facing expected struggles with high casualties and poor communication with Russian forces ... fired at Chechen ‘Akhmat’ Spetsnaz (special forces ...

Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on April 3 that he saw a "positive dynamic" in relations between Moscow and Washington, but differences remain, and several more meetings are needed to resolve ...