Ramzan Kadyrov has positioned himself as "Putin's Foot Soldier," a title he wears with pride to signify his absolute personal ...

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 ...

The writer, director, editor and narrator of “Memory,” Vladlena Sandu, grew up in ’90s Chechnya. War was on her doorstep, and often not only there, but inside her childhood home, with its boots under ...

Russia’s violent 1993 coup marked a turning point in the country’s post-Soviet history. The political crisis, including tanks firing on parliament, set the stage for instability that contributed to ...

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 ...

The fact that an infinitesimal fraction of people who line up for the latest Marvel superhero movie will bother to see a drama about an ACTUAL hero is frustrating, but I guess it’s understandable.

“Memory,” Vladlena Sandu’s war-themed drama that will open Venice Days, has been boarded by Paris-based Loco Films ahead of its world premiere on the Lido. A personal project, “Memory” is a feature ...

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 ...

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 ...