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Two phases of aggravation have emerged in relations between Russia and Azerbaijan over the past year. In late December 2024, ...
Grozny owes its founding to the growing influence of the Russian Empire. In the early 19th century, the peoples of the Caucasus saw Russia as a protector against expansion by the Ottoman Empire ...
On New Year’s Eve, 1994 Russian tanks and infantry fighting vehicles poured into the streets of Grozny with an assault expected to snuff out the self-declared Chechcen Republic of Ichkeria, as ...
On June 19, 2025, in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, @iles_hasanov shared a video of a dramatic roadside encounter. In the video, ...
The Russian army moved to flank Grozny on three sides and unleashed a terrifying onslaught of air and artillery strikes on the city. Their forces smashed the leafy suburbs, ...
In 1999, Putin ordered the airstrikes and bombing that razed the Chechen capital of Grozny. Could he do it again, in Ukraine? Skip to main content. WBUR. 90.0 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station.
GROZNY, Russia – Even during the World Cup, which brought hordes of foreigners to Russia, the capital of Chechnya remained well off the beaten path for most travelers.
Under his watch, Russian forces led sieges of the Chechen capital, Grozny, in 1999, as well as Aleppo, once Syria’s largest city, in 2016. In both cases, the result was the near-total ...
It might seem strange for a city that was only recently the epicenter of two detrimental and demoralizing wars, but a new survey by the NewsEffector website claims that Grozny is now Russia's ...
Russia destroyed Grozny and Aleppo – is Kyiv next? by Colin P. Clarke, William Courtney and Peter A. Wilson, Opinion Contributors - 03/26/22 3:00 PM ET ...
Azerbaijan's Interior Ministry told local media that seven people linked to a Kremlin-funded media outlet in Baku have been detained after a Monday raid on its office ...