The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) were "bandits," Belgrade said -- Mr. Putin uses the same word to describe the Chechen rebels. Whether they are bandits or freedom fighters depends on one's point ...

Khangoshvili (R) was a close associate of Aslan Maskhadov (L), the Chechen rebel leader killed in 2005 He came from the Kist community of ethnic Chechens and lived in the mountainous Pankisi Gorge ...

Two other Chechen exiles have been murdered in Germany and France in the past few months. A Russian citizen was detained after the murder of a former rebel commander in Berlin last August and ...

"No officials, I should say." The site is regarded as a clearing house for information and a mouthpiece for Chechen rebel leaders battling Russian troops in the breakaway province. "The website is ...

A Moscow court has sentenced US citizen Stephen Hubbard, 72, to 6 years and 10 months in prison. The prosecution accuses ...

On Oct. 23, 2002, about 50 Chechen rebels storm a Moscow theater, taking up to 800 people hostage during a sold-out ...

Saudi security forces stormed a hijacked Russian plane today, freeing more than 100 hostages and ending a tense drama that began when Chechen rebels armed with knives commandeered the aircraft ...

The son of a former rebel warlord, Kadyrov often referrs to himself as the president’s “foot soldier.” The 47-year-old ...

This play is a search for answers,” Erika Sheffer wrote about her new play, “Vladimir.” “It is a howl of rage. It is also an ...

(Answers will vary, but should include the points of view of the Russian government, the Chechen rebels, and from Chechen non-combatants.) Ask students to think of other voices which need to be ...