As Russia became the first country to recognise the Taliban as the ruling government of Afghanistan, Moscow's long-standing ...

Azerbaijan has been pushing back against Russian dominance in the Caucasus region, seeking closer ties with Turkey and Israel ...

The republic of Chechnya’s financial dependence on the Russian federal government remains the highest in the country, with ...

Amid rampant speculation about his health, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-allied strongman who rules the region, has been ...

Russia’s major infrastructure and trade ambitions with Iran, including the vital North-South Transport Corridor and Caspian port upgrades, face costly delays and uncertainty amid Iran’s instability ...

Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan ...

Deaths in custody, media offices raided, and beaten and bloodied suspects paraded in court — relations between Russia and ...