How did Russia lose the First Chechen War? This modern history documentary explores Chechnya’s struggle for independence, the military failure of Russian forces, and the rise of leaders like Dudayev ...

This video carefully examines the 1999 Moscow apartment bombings, separating what can be proven from what remains speculation. Regardless of who carried them out, the attacks reshaped Russian public ...

Persistent reports about the Chechen leader’s health are resurfacing at a moment of vulnerability for the Kremlin.

The expert is sure that the crisis in Chechnya could be a fatal mistake by the Russian head of state. "It will be such, maybe ...

MOSCOW — Chechen guerrillas who took over a theater here in mid-performance shot a woman to death, authorities said Thursday, increasing fears for the safety of about 700 remaining hostages. But in a ...

More than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, two films premiering in the Venice Days sidebar of the Venice Film Festival explore a different conflict that embroiled ...

This article originally appeared in History of War magazine issue 131. Mark Galeotti is the author of Putin’s Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine, published by Osprey and out in paperback now For all that ...

They spent their childhoods counting victims, listening to detonations and military helicopters, hearing stories of horrors, and speaking their first words as refugees. December 2025 marked 30 years ...