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In this image from video posted by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, Kadyrov stands with a machine gun mounted on a Tesla Cybertruck in Grozny, Chechnya. (Ramzan Kadyrov Telegram channel via AP)

Chechnya president invites Musk to Russia after he’s filmed driving machine-gun mounted Cybertruck

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6 suspected militants killed in Russia’s Chechnya

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Sweden sends 2 to prison for Chechen critic hammer assault

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Officer, 2 suspects die in attack on police in Chechnya

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Sweden charges 2 over Chechen critic hammer assault

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FILE - In this Friday, May 10, 2019 file photo, Chechnya's regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov speaks during a meeting in Grozny, Russia. The U.S. State Department on Monday, July 20, 2020 announced sanctions against Kadyrov and his family over human rights abuses. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev, file)

US slaps sanctions on strongman ruler of Russia’s Chechnya

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In this photo taken on Saturday, May 9, 2020, Chechnya's regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov speaks to journalists as he presents new ambulance vehicles in Grozny, Russia. Russian state news agencies reported Thursday May 21, 2020, that Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Russia’s southern region of Chechnya, had been transported to a Moscow hospital with suspected coronavirus. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)

Chechen leader resurfaces after COVID-19 infection reports

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FILE - In this file photo taken on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, the 32-year-old Chechen video blogger, and critic of the Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov, holds a letter from Interpol during an interview with The Associated Press somewhere in Poland. The speaker of Chechnya's parliament Magomedov Daudov, says he has a blood feud against the popular Chechen blogger who has fled Russia and is believed to be seeking asylum in Poland. (AP Photo/Francesca Ebel, File)

Top Chechen official claims blood feud against blogger

By FRANCESCA EBEL - Associated Press

A Friday, April 28, 2017, file photo of Anzor, a gay man who spoke to The Associated Press on condition that he is not further identified out of fear for his safety and that of his family from Chechnya, the predominantly Muslim region in southern Russia. LGBT activists said Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, that at least two people have died and about 40 people detained in what has been described as a new crackdown on gay people in the Russian republic of Chechnya. (AP Photo/Nataliya Vasilyeva, File)

2 killed, 40 detained in new gay purge in Chechnya: Report

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

Islamic militants launch attacks in Chechnya, 5 killed

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In this April 6, 2016, file photo, a woman walks outside the main mosque in the downtown Chechen regional capital of Grozny, Russia. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev, File)

Muslim Arabs find warm welcome in Russia’s remote Grozny

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, Chechen regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov smiles before an international friendly soccer match between Russia and Romania in Grozny, Russia. Chechnya's strongman leader in a new interview, released on Friday, July 14, 2017, has harshly denounced claims that the Russian republic has tortured and killed gay men, denying that there are even any homosexual men in his region. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin, File)

Chechen leader invokes damnation for gay persecution claims

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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 8, 2011 file photo, a Chechen soccer fan wears a traditional Chechen hat and a scarf in colors of Chechen soccer club Terek Grozny, during a friendly game between Chechnya and Brazil in the stadium in Grozny. A Russian league soccer club in formerly war-torn Chechnya is to be renamed after the regional leader's dead father. Terek Grozny CEO Akhmed Aidamirov said Tuesday, June 6, 2017 the club, which has previously won the Russian Cup, will be renamed Akhmat Grozny after Akhmat Kadyrov, the father of current regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev, file)

Chechen soccer club to be renamed after leader’s father

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Chechen regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov speaks at his inauguration ceremony in Chechnya's provincial capital Grozny, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016. The Kremlin has relied on Kadyrov to stabilize Chechnya after two separatist wars, turning a blind eye to what critics describe as rampant human rights violations in the North Caucasus region. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)

Chechen leader Kadyrov hosts “The Apprentice”-style TV show

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Chechen regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov talks with press in the Chechen regional capital, Grozny, Russia, in this Oct. 5, 2014 photo. A gun battle broke out after midnight Thursday Dec. 4, 2014 in the capital of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, puncturing the patina of stability ensured by years of heavy-handed rule by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev, File)

L. TODD WOOD: Will Russia let loose the Chechens?

By L. Todd Wood

Chechen Kheda Goilabiyeva, second right, stands after her wedding with Chechen police officer Nazhud Guchigov, in Chechnya's provincial capital Grozny, Russia, Saturday, May 16, 2015. A 46-year-old Chechen police officer taking a 17-year-old as his second wife in flagrant violation of Russian laws has caused a storm in the Russian media and put the region's ruler on the defensive. (AP Photo, File)

Vladimir Putin put in a bind over Chechen wedding scandal, leader’s defiance

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

United Arab Emirates Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is betting that the Dubai World Cup will enrich the UAE's fortunes amid an economic downturn. (Associated Press)

Sheikh Mohammed rides Dubai World Cup horse race to sell UAE image

By Dan Boylan - Special to The Washington Times

A publishing house building is seen in flames in the center of Grozny, Russia, early Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. A gun battle broke out after midnight Thursday in the capital of Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, puncturing the patina of stability ensured by years of heavy-handed rule by a Kremlin-appointed leader. Security officials and the leader of Chechnya said gunmen traveling in several cars killed at least three traffic police officers at a checkpoint late at night in the capital of the republic, Grozny. The Moscow-based National Anti-Terrorist Committee said in a statement that after the attack on the traffic police, gunmen occupied a publishing house in the center of Grozny. It said security services, police and emergency services personnel surrounded the building. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)

Russia and Chechnya battle, leave 9 dead in Grozny

By Musa Sadulayev - Associated Press

Miners rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Coalminers in the Donbass coalfields have gone on an open-ended strike to demand Ukrainian troops and other forces leave the Donetsk Region, the first deputy coal minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People&#8217;s Republic, Konstantin Kuzmin, has told ITAR-TASS. Poster reads "No to Fascism!' (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Chechen leader says he sent no troops to Ukraine

By Peter Leonard - Associated Press

FILE - In this screen shot taken in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 off a computer screen showing an undated photo of a man identified as Chechen separatist leader Doku Umarov, posted on the Kavkazcenter.com site. An Islamic militant group in Russia's North Caucasus is reporting the death of its leader, who had threatened to attack Sochi Olympics and was one of Russia's most wanted men. The death of Chechen warlord Doku Umarov has been reported previously, but this appears to be the first time by the organization he headed. (AP Photo/Kavkazcenter.com, file)

Chechen warlord who threatened Sochi reported dead

By LYNN BERRY - Associated Press