In the early days of the conflict, Putin announced that, along with the Army, he would be sending in tens of thousands of ...

Seven militants were destroyed in Dagestan and two in Chechnya. On Monday, interior troops detected two armed persons in a forest five kilometers from the village of Gurbuki, Karabudakhkent ...

Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up today at a religious ceremony in Chechnya, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens of others in the second major attack in the breakaway ...

Mass riots took place at Makhachkala airport on October 29 after the arrival of a regular flight from Tel Aviv amid the ongoing escalation in the Middle East GROZNY, October 31. /TASS/. An ...

Russia ’s war in Europe has already started, with a wave of arson attacks, beatings, explosions and cyber raids taking place ...

One strange aspect of the older Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev 's back story is a trip he made to his homeland — Russia, specifically Dagestan and Chechnya — last year. Sources have ...

We all have our favorite subjects in school. For some, it is Geography. But for all our mugging (and reading after school years) there comes a time when a name stumps us. Is it a country?

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN)-- A Russian journalist died Wednesday from gunshot wounds sustained the night before -- the second Russian journalist fatally gunned down this week. Abdulla Alishayev -- a ...

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This story appears in the January 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. Valery Inozemtsev ascends a high mountain path through the churned mud of development. He climbs past an Olympics ...

Putin’s campaign of spying, hacking and sabotage poses a threat the UK election and Europe’s military capabilities Russia’s war in Europe has already started, with a wave of arson attacks ...