It was the eve of Vladimir Putin’s ascent to the Russian presidency, and the height of the Russian bombardment of Chechnya ... to see the surrounding terrain. As the general had feared, the ...

The fighting began on Sunday when a Russian security patrol came across the militants in the south of Chechnya, officials say. "During the pursuit of a bandit group in wooded mountainous terrain ...

Tens of thousands of civilians died, but Russia failed to win control of Chechnya’s mountainous terrain, giving Chechnya de facto independence. In May 1996, Yeltsin signed a ceasefire with the ...

The picture from which Mukusheva's film takes its name (Courtesy Photo) May 15, 2007 (RFE -- High in the mountains of Chechnya ... had farmed the rocky terrain for generations, it is now abandoned.

Under Vladimir Putin’s leadership, Moscow is pushing on eastern Ukraine a fate much like the one it imposed on another unruly former vassal at the start of Putin’s reign: Chechnya. The Russian ...