Chechnya

‘Someone will fall victim’: insiders reveal elite anguish as Russia’s war falters

Key figures including Wagner Group’s Yevgeny Prigozhin are using military defeats to undermine defence chief Sergei Shoigu

Pjotr Sauer and Andrew Roth in Moscow

07, Oct, 2022 @9:20 AM

Artur Beterbiev: Kadyrov looms over Chechen-born star’s unification bout

Artur Beterbiev’s march toward title unification continues on Saturday night, but his ties to a Chechen dictator facing US sanctions should not be ignored

Karim Zidan

18, Jun, 2022 @7:30 AM

Putin’s terror playbook: if you want a picture of Ukraine’s future, look to my home, Chechnya | Lana Estemirova

Bombings, looting, atrocities – Chechens know what it’s like to suffer Russia’s aggression, says Lana Estemirova

Lana Estemirova

13, Apr, 2022 @9:00 AM

Putin promotes Chechen leader with ties to murder of Kremlin critic

Ramzan Kadyrov promoted to lieutenant-general for his role in invasion of Ukraine

Emma Graham-Harrison in Lviv and Vera Mironova

30, Mar, 2022 @3:48 PM

Chechnya’s losses in Ukraine may be leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s undoing

Analysis: Putin’s ally needs to show enemies at home and abroad his strength, but needs his forces intact to prop up his brutal rule

Emma Graham-Harrison in Kyiv and Vera Mironova in Lviv

22, Mar, 2022 @6:00 AM

The Guardian view on Putin’s war in Ukraine: Moscow’s on the losing side | Editorial

Editorial: The mistake was to think Ukrainians were waiting to be liberated by Russian soldiers and that the west was too divided to help

Editorial

07, Mar, 2022 @7:09 PM

History replays like a half-forgotten song, but once we remember, it’s far too late | Neal Ascherson

The west fell asleep on Cold War sentry duty and thought Putin couldn’t be serious, but he was. The question remains, is Nato?

Neal Ascherson

06, Mar, 2022 @8:30 AM

Ukraine invasion: how Vladimir Putin built his career on waging war

The Russian president’s career is steeped in blood. But the invasion of Ukraine is more ambitious, and risky, than anything the Russian president has attempted before

Simon Tisdall

26, Feb, 2022 @5:10 PM

Chechen politician threatens to ‘rip heads off’ family of activist

Death threat follow arrest in Russia of mother of exiled anti-torture lawyer Abubakar Yangulbayev

Staff and agencies

02, Feb, 2022 @9:31 PM

Joan Capp obituary

Other lives: Nurse who dedicated her retirement years to helping the needy in poor and war-torn countries

Angus Roxburgh

28, Jan, 2022 @5:01 PM

Security forces of Chechnya ‘behind attack on dissident blogger’ last year

Tumso Abdurakhmanov assault traced to Russia, says spy agency report examined by Swedish TV

Andrew Roth in Moscow

01, Dec, 2021 @5:32 AM

Court cases threatening human rights group Memorial start in Russia

Cases under ‘foreign agents’ law mark attack on civil society and attempt to recast Soviet history