Languages: English, Spanish.You can reach Ellie via email at [email protected]. A Chechen soldier fighting in Ukraine appears to hit his own fellow fighter with backblast when trying to use a ...

has condemned Chechen soldiers who surrendered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). In a video posted on his Telegram channel on Sunday, Alaudinov stated that these soldiers “don’t deserve to ...

Soldiers from Chechnya, a Muslim territory, are part of the foreign fight against Russia in Ukraine. Russia brutally suppressed them in two wars, and their presence echoes old hatreds in Ukraine.

Some Russian soldiers receive just up to 10 days of training Besides providing personnel, Chechnya is also helping train Russian soldiers. Related stories The MoD said in May that the Russian ...

AFP retraced the man's journey, beginning in the village of Omalo in Georgia's northeastern Pankisi Gorge, predominantly populated by the Muslim Kist minority who migrated from nearby Chechnya in ...

NPR's Emily Feng has this story. EMILY FENG, BYLINE: Mansur was 13 when Russian soldiers destroyed his village of Samashki during Chechnya's first war for independence against Russia. Wielding ...

Omalo (Georgia) (AFP) – Baker Sergo Gornakashvili grew up near Georgia's Pankisi Gorge, haunted by echoes of the wars in nearby Chechnya ... student who made his female classmates' hearts ...