Russian and Chechen soldiers in a devastated Mariupol neighborhood close to the Azovstal frontline. The battle between Russian / Pro Russian forces...
Nearly a thousand volunteers attend the military training at Russian Special Forces University, where special troops are trained, in Gudermes, Russia...
Chechen fighter runs for cover as another hides behind a destroyed Russian tank during fighting in Grozny, 08 January. Russian forces resumed...
Volunteers and special force troopers are put through their paces during military training at a "Russian University of Special Forces" training...
Civilians come back to the main Grozny market after its destruction by a Russian missile, the day before.
Chechens perform a traditional dance in the village of Kezenoyam, about 80 km from Grozny on July 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov attends a meeting of the Council on Interethnic Relations chaired by President Vladimir Putin in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol...
Volunteers including athletes from the Russian Martial Arts Union receive sniper training at Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes, Russia on...
Ramzan Kadyrov proudly displays his shooting skills at a firing range in his village of Tsentoroi in front of members of his private army. Officially...
Chechen volunteer takes cover behind a Russian tank 01 January 1995 during a street fighting in Grozny opposing Russian troops and Chechen soldiers...
In this photograph taken on June 9 members of the volunteer Sheikh Mansour battalion Mansour , Islam and Asadulla speak to an AFP journalist during...
Russian soldiers roll through the bombed city of Grozny after intense fighting in the Second Chechen War.
Two women pull carts 31 March 1995 in the devastated streets of Grozny, capital of the breakaway southern republic of Chechnya. Russian troops...
Protestors holding banners reading 'Chechnya Must Be Free', 'Putin Is a War Criminal', and 'Stop the Genocide in Chechnya' during an anti-Putin...
Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov , Pro-Russian, Leader of the Chechen Republic, with Russian President Vladimir Putin. 2015.
Russian unit's lead T-72 tanks, one mounted with a mine-clearing system , halt near Samashky, some 40 kilometers from Grozny, on December 13, 1994....
Nearly a thousand volunteers attend the military training at Russian Special Forces University, where special troops are trained, in Gudermes, Russia...
Year-Old Refugee Aishat Gandziyeva Cries After Returning To Her Home In The Village Verkhny Gamiyakh Near Khasavyurt, Dagestan September 11, 1999....
Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin stands with Russian soldiers during a concert after an awards ceremony in Gudermes, 30 km east of Grozny,...
An undated file picture shows Russian soldiers atop an APC taking their position near the village of Shatoy in Chechnya. Military bases are fortified...
Volunteers train at the Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes, Chechnya on December 13, 2022.
Portrait of Bandera a Chechen whose call sign honors Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera, in Ukraine on June 25 2022.
Chechen civilians carry supplies into a bunker as the Russian army is launching an offensive on Grozny.
Russian military troops take part in a military drill on Sernovodsky polygon close to the Chechnya border, some 260 km from south Russian city of...
Woman and a man dance near a polling station with a poster reading "29 August - Elections of Chechen republic president" in Grozny, 29 August 2004....
Federal army convoy passes by a Chechen refugee waiting his van 23 December 1999, on their way to cross the Chechen-Ingush border. Rebel Chechen...
Vitaly says he is of Russian origin and fought in the Russian army during the first Chechen war, but today fights alongside Ukrainian soldiers on...
Chechen civilians walk past the remains of buildings in Grozny 01 January. The buildings were destroyed 31 December during combats between Russian...
Nearly a thousand volunteers attend the military training at Russian Special Forces University, where special troops are trained, in Gudermes, Russia...
People from the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria diaspora, together with some Ukrainians and Georgians demonstrate on the 'Place de l'Albertine' on...
An armed soldier surveys the area after special forces stormed a school seized by Chechen separatists on September 3, 2004 in the town of Beslan,...
Actor Sir Ian McKellen joins members of the LGBT community and Amnesty International campaigners stage a protest over LGBT rights in Chechnya,...
Chechen man digs a grave for a relative in Argun, a town some 20 kms. Away from the Chechn capital Grozny after tens of civilians were killed during...
Chechen girl carries a loaf of bread as she walks along a convoy of Chechen refugees queueing up to return to northern Chechnya at the Chechen-Ingush...
Russian Army armored personnel carrier and special police forces are seen outside a multistorey block of flats where suspected pro-Chechen militants...
Chechen youngster severely wounded by artillery shelling in downtown Grozny is dragged on a self-made cart by two civilians 08 January in search of a...
Column of Russian troops, with armor and anti-aircraft cannons, heads toward the Chechnyan capital 0f Grozny 11 December 1994. The convoy was...
Picture taken 25 January 1995 from the Chechen side of the devastated city Grozny, capital of the breakaway southern republic of Chechnya. Russian...
Chechen civilians from Dagestan villages near the Chechen border gather on the road to the blocked village of Pervomaiskaya to demonstrate against...
