Ramzan Kadyrov threatens to shut down his Instagram account

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has said the time was ripe to restore access to YouTube, which was blocked in the mainly Islamic region last year for hosting a controversial film on Islam.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov (C) (Source: FP) The role of the brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the Boston bombings is assessed differently on either side of the Atlantic. In the United States, few doubt they are terrorists and that the ...

The British Foreign Office has warned the countrys citizens against travelling to the North Caucasus - according to one of the versions, in connection with the ongoing actions there in support of the Boston terrorists - the Tsarnayev brothers. The ...

Ramzan Kadyrov's sparring match ostensibly good-natured 'criticism' of the minister's job performance is seen by some as reflective of the darker undertones of Kadyrov's hard rule. The phrase "banging heads" is often deployed as a political ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has boasted on the internet that he has taught his sports minister a lesson in the boxing ring. He said it came after he noticed that the sports ministry building in the capital Grozny was badly in need of repair. Mr ...

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Chechen police loyal to strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov kidnapped and murdered a local man more than three years ago, awarding the victim's mother more than $80,000 in compensation. The ruling is the ...

The classified list of the US so-called Magnitsky List of sanctioned figures is twice shorter and includes Ramzan A. Kadyrov, the president of Chechnya, according to people briefed on the list. Others on the secret list were figures of such ...

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov released a statement Friday denying any link between his nation and the actions of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers. The "roots of evil," he said, were in America. In a message written in Russian and posted to ...

The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has downplayed the connection of the Boston Marathon bombers to the restive Russian region, blaming their alleged actions on their American upbringing. REUTERS Head of Chechen Republic Ramzan ...