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The leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has proposed initiating the procedure to remove the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham from Russia's list of terrorist organizations. The group ...

A former rebel chief, he had challenged the Moscow-backed Kadyrov for control of Chechen security forces until last year, when he was dismissed from the command of an elite battalion and forced to ...

A week of heavy fighting between Russian troops and Chechen rebels has left dozens, perhaps hundreds dead. A series of attacks by Chechen rebels in the days leading up to the New Year has lead ...