Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unexpected trip to Chechnya on Tuesday, as Ukraine's cross-border incursion into the ...

(LVIV, Ukraine) — The Ukrainian military says it has repelled a Russian attempt to take control of the strategic port of Mariupol. The Ukrainian military’s General Staff said in a statement that ...

Apti Alaudinov, the Chechen special forces leader, said: 'If you die defending your homeland, you will go to heaven' - Getty Images Europe A Chechen commander has mocked the “sobs” of mothers of young ...

MOSCOW -- He is Russia's homegrown version of Osama bin Laden, but with a trademark all his own: dramatic mass hostage-takings that have often turned to bloodbaths. Like bin Laden, Shamil Basayev is ...