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    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Russia
      Chechen strongman denies ill health after teenage son meets Putin

      Ramzan Kadyrov moves to scotch rumours after first Kremlin visit in more than a year

    • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Chechen ‘wild card’ Ramzan Kadyrov joins Russian war effort

      Forces loyal to the Caucasian warlord-leader have been an integral part of the Kremlin’s military plan from the start

    • Saturday, 11 July, 2020
      String of murders chills Chechen exiles in Europe

      Vienna killing is latest attack on critic of Chechnya leader and Moscow-loyalist Ramzan Kadyrov

    • Monday, 6 July, 2020
      Chechen dissident death in Austria possible assassination

      Killing follows string of attacks across Europe against critics of Ramzan Kadyrov

    • Sunday, 22 December, 2019
      News in-depth
      Fear of Russian attack hangs over Chechens in Germany

      Diplomatic spat after dissident’s death raises stakes for exiles

    • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
      Germany
      Germany accuses Russia of Chechen rebel murder in Berlin

      Two diplomats expelled as assassination in park threatens relations

    • Monday, 11 February, 2019
      Gazprom OAO
      Gazprom takes on Chechnya in big test for Putin

      Russia’s largest gas group may struggle to win its payment battle with ‘special’ region

    • Tuesday, 28 August, 2018
      Russian politics
      How Chechnya’s Ramzan Kadyrov could destabilise Russia

      Former warlord who answers only to Putin runs republic as personal fiefdom

    • Monday, 29 January, 2018
      News in-depthWinter sports
      Chechnya woos tourists with glitzy new ski resort

      Prestige project aims to boost republic’s economy and polish its image

    • Monday, 4 September, 2017
      World
      Chechen ruler hits out at Russia over Myanmar policy

      Criticism from strongman Kadyrov shows Moscow’s slender hold over territory

    • Saturday, 5 August, 2017
      News in-depthWorld
      Chechen strongman builds cult of personality through sport

      Ramzan Kadyrov invokes late father’s legacy amid controversy over human rights abuses

    • Thursday, 13 July, 2017
      Russian politics
      Russian court jails Chechen killers of Boris Nemtsov

      Figure behind 2015 assassination of opposition leader remains at large

    • Friday, 2 June, 2017
      Russian politics
      Outspoken Putin critic survives assassination attempt

      Hitman pretending to be reporter shoots UK-educated Chechen in car

    • Friday, 5 May, 2017
      World
      Putin addresses reports of gay persecution in Chechnya for first time
    • Friday, 13 May, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Svetlana Alexievich on the collapse of communism

      In her first work to appear in English since winning the Nobel in 2015, the Belarusian author addresses the complex feelings left by the fall of the Soviet Union

    • Saturday, 27 February, 2016
      Russian politics
      Thousands of Russians march to remember Boris Nemtsov

      A year after politician’s murder the opposition is more marginalised than ever

    • Tuesday, 23 February, 2016
      Russian politics
      Kadyrov a ‘threat to Russia’s national security’ leader’s law unto himself

      Chechen leader is thorn in the side of some senior security officials

    • Monday, 7 December, 2015
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      Russia and radicalisation: Homegrown problem

      Moscow seeks to prevent the war in Syria from fuelling its Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus

    • Sunday, 3 May, 2015
      World
      Ramzan Kadyrov: Chechen warlord accused of brutal rule

      The strongman is beyond the reach of Russian law in the republic where abduction and murder are rife

    • Tuesday, 28 April, 2015
      World
      Chechnya’s economic recovery tested by slowdown

      Grozny is having to cope with a drop in federal funding after years of relying on Moscow

    • Saturday, 25 April, 2015
      World
      The Grozny warlord reminding Moscow who is boss

      Ramzan Kadyrov may have stabilised Chechnya but there are signs he has become a threat to Russia

    • Monday, 9 March, 2015
      Russian politics
      Kadyrov’s intervention raises more questions over Nemtsov’s murder

      Kadyrov intervention could indicate regime infighting

    • Thursday, 5 February, 2015
      beyondbricsMarkets
      Guest post: arm Ukraine and force Putin back to the negotiating table
    • Tuesday, 27 January, 2015
      FT AlphavilleDavid Keohane
      Further reading
    • Friday, 26 December, 2014
      Simon Schama
      Take a stand against the armies of ignorance

      Ideas need to be mobilised if the learning years are safeguarded, writes Simon Schama

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