A Chechen warlord has added 3,000 former Wagner mercenaries to his growing forces, giving him control over a sizable force inside the Russian army. "One of the Wagner commanders with the call sign ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apti Alaudinov, the Chechen special forces leader, said: 'If you die defending your homeland, you will go to heaven' - Getty ...

April 29 (Reuters) - Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Sunday that he named his teenage son, who was shown beating a prisoner in custody last year, a trustee of the Russian University of Special ...

(Reuters) - A large group of Russia's former Wagner mercenaries has started training with special forces from the southern Russian region of Chechnya, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Monday.

Chechnya's Moscow-backed authoritarian leader Ramzan Kadyrov says he has appointed his 16-year-old son as the supervisor of a Chechen special forces training school in Gudermes. Adam Kadyrov shot to ...

Chechen military units, the pro-Russian forces based in Chechnya, have reportedly expressed readiness to deploy to Iran to support its armed forces in the event of a US ground invasion, according to ...

GROZNY, April 5. /TASS/. A commander with the call sign Ratibor and 3,000 former fighters of the now-defunct Wagner Private Military Company will join the Akhmat special forces group, Chechen leader ...

"The Kashtan group of the Akhmat Special Forces, a unit of the Russian Defense Ministry, in coordination with assault teams from the 2nd Special Forces Brigade and 15th Tank Regiment have prevented ...