Persistent reports about the Chechen leader’s health are resurfacing at a moment of vulnerability for the Kremlin.

Magomed Daudov (The Inner Circle): As the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, Daudov (known as “Lord”) manages the internal ...

Ramzan Kadyrov has positioned himself as "Putin's Foot Soldier," a title he wears with pride to signify his absolute personal ...

Russia’s violent 1993 coup marked a turning point in the country’s post-Soviet history. The political crisis, including tanks firing on parliament, set the stage for instability that contributed to ...

“Memory,” Vladlena Sandu’s war-themed drama that will open Venice Days, has been boarded by Paris-based Loco Films ahead of its world premiere on the Lido. A personal project, “Memory” is a feature ...

More than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, two films premiering in the Venice Days sidebar of the Venice Film Festival explore a different conflict that embroiled ...

The writer, director, editor and narrator of “Memory,” Vladlena Sandu, grew up in ’90s Chechnya. War was on her doorstep, and often not only there, but inside her childhood home, with its boots under ...