The following is an excerpt from Mark Galeotti's book, "Putin's Wars: From Chechnya ... the modern Spetsnaz are really products of the Cold War, (re)created in 1957 within the GRU as battalion ...

The Russian authorities are trying to conceal the fact of a drone attack on Chechnya. This attack may be connected to the crash of a passenger aircraft in Kazakhstan, according to Agentstvo ...

comparing it to Russia's actions in Chechnya and Syria, as well as in Ukraine. This is how Russia wages war—Sudzha, Kursk region, Russian territory, a boarding school with civilians preparing to ...

It is the first in a series of bulletins that will document violations of human rights and humanitarian law by all forces in the war in Chechnya. Russian forces have shown utter contempt for ...

All Spetsnaz brigades were disbanded or moved under other military commands, while the GRU's presence in Russian embassies abroad was dramatically scaled back. Under Sergun, the GRU regained ...

“Putin has been helping our people for fifteen years,” Head of Russia’s North Caucasian Republic of Chechnya said at a meeting with the republic’s law enforcers GROZNY, December 28 ...

"The situation is very bad. The lawyer and the journalist are in a fairly serious condition. Journalist Milashina is in a more serious condition, according to doctors, as her fingers were broken.

The European Union sanctioned three hackers, part of Unit 29155 of Russia's military intelligence service (GRU), for their involvement in cyberattacks targeting Estonia's government agencies in 2020.

It is the first in a series of bulletins that will document violations of human rights and humanitarian law by all forces in the war in Chechnya. Russian forces have shown utter contempt for ...