MOSCOW — Chechen guerrillas who took over a theater here in mid-performance shot a woman to death, authorities said Thursday, increasing fears for the safety of about 700 remaining hostages. But in a ...

2002-04-19 04:00:00 PDT Moscow-- Just hours before President Vladimir Putin told the nation that the war in southern Russia was over, separatist guerrillas in Chechnya killed 21 police officers ...

VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia -- Eight Russian soldiers and 12 rebels were killed in fierce fighting in southern Chechnya, an official in the war-ravaged region's Kremlin-backed administration said Thursday.

MOSCOW -- Seven years after Russian troops entered Chechnya to end the republic's independence drive, the Kremlin is still fighting to bring the region to heel, the rebels battle on -- and the general ...

ASTANA - Russian President Vladimir Putin today ruled out negotiations with Chechen rebels after the Beslan school bloodbath, further straining ties with Western leaders who are pressing for a ...

MOSCOW, Oct. 25 (Friday) -- Declaring their readiness to die for their cause, Chechen rebels holding a theater audience of up to 700 people captive in the heart of Moscow threatened Thursday to begin ...

His Uncle Arbi was a role model for Movsar Barayev, the 25-year-old leader of the Chechen rebels who was killed last week after seizing more than 750 captives in a Moscow theater. Arbi Barayev, leader ...

Here's a look at Chechnya, a republic in southwestern Russia, in the Caucasus Mountains region. Chechnya is bordered by Russia, the country of Georgia, and the Russian republics of Dagestan and ...