Chechnya

Don't panic over coronavirus, you’ll die anyway: Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov tells people

Kadyrov, the long-time head of his majority Muslim Republic, said this while referring to the rising number of deaths due coronavirus, which has been declared a “pandemic’’ by the WHO recently.

Mar 18, 2020, 10:29 AM IST

FIFA 'concerned' by arrest in Chechnya of rights activist

FIFA said on Thursday they were "deeply concerned" about the detention in Russia of a rights campaigner that drew international condemnation ahead of the World Cup.

May 24, 2018, 17:10 PM IST

Chechens serving as Russian military police in Aleppo: Kadyrov

Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov on Tuesday confirmed that troops from the mainly Muslim Caucasus region were serving as Russian military police in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo.

Jan 24, 2017, 16:01 PM IST

Islamic State claims suicide bombing in Russia`s Dagestan

The Islamic State jihadist group has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed a policeman in Russia`s volatile region of Dagestan.

Mar 31, 2016, 14:20 PM IST