Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the Chechen Republic on Aug. 21 to inspect Chechen troops readying to ...

Putin made a surprise visit to Chechnya, his first trip there since 2011. He was greeted by Chechnya's self-styled warlord Ramzan Kadyrov. The visit comes amid a Ukrainian incursion into Russia's ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unscheduled visit to Chechnya, his first trip to the mainly Muslim republic within ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov, centre left, Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic Magomed Daudov, and Presidential Envoy to the North ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday made a surprise visit to Chechnya, where he met with the republic's leader and longtime Kremlin ally, Ramzan Kadyrov. The unscheduled trip to Chechnya, ...

GROZNY, August 20. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Chechnya on Tuesday evening. Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov met the president in the Grozny airport. Earlier today, Putin ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday made an unscheduled trip to Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic within the Russian Federation, his first visit in nearly 13 years, as Ukraine’s ...