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The Chechen Republic (; , Chechenskaya Respublika; , Noxçiyn Respublika), commonly referred to as Chechnya (; , Chechnya; , Noxçiyçö), also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria (), is a federal subject of Russia (a republic).
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A university in Chechnya said Tuesday an unprecedented stash of giant fossilized dinosaur eggs was found in a remote mountainous area of the North Caucasus region, but the claim was met with skepticism.
The Chechen state university uploaded photos of the egg-shaped protrusions on a rock face discovered in the region's south on its website, calling them a "sensational find" and Russia's main channels showed the remote site Tuesday."The discovery is sensational not only for our republic, but because of the size of the eggs," some of which measure as long as 40 inches (102cm), the university said. "There have never been such large (eggs) in the world."Russian state television showed scientists scrambling about on a rocky mountainside chipping samples off the puzzling rock formations."Giant eggs set to lure tourists to Chechnya," the NTV channel headlined its story.Chechnya has been trying to cast aside its reputation as a war-torn republic plagued by rampant corruption by hosting lavish sp...Russian news agencies report shooting in the parliament of Russia's volatile Chechnya region.
GROZNY, Russia (AP) — AP reporter: powerful explosion shakes capital of Russia's restive Chechnya ; several wounded.
Ruud Gullit will be coaching a small Russian soccer team in the formerly war-torn province of Chechnya .The team Terek Grozny said on its website Tuesday that the Du...
Ruud Gullit has rejected criticism of his decision to coach Chechnyan club Terek Grozny, whose president, former militia leader Ramzan Kadyrov, also is the Kremlin-b...
Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Tuesday won a defamation lawsuit against a rights activist who blamed him for the killing of a colleague whose mur...
Homicide bombers on bicycles detonated explosives in Chechnya on Friday, killing at least four police officers and a civilian in coordinated attacks in the capital, ...
Officials say a homicide bomb attack has killed three policemen and two civilians in Chechnya .The regional Emergency Ministry said Sunday the attacker approached a ...
Four suspected rebels and one police officer have died in fighting in Chechnya , a spokesman for the regional branch of Russia's Interior Ministry said Wednesday.Mag...
Bombs hidden in two vehicles exploded outside a police station in the Russian republic of Dagestan, killing at least 13 people and wounding scores. Authorities said ...
Bombs hidden in two vehicles exploded outside a police station in the Russian republic of Dagestan, killing at least 13 people and wounding scores. Authorities said ...
The twin thundering car bombs that shook the capital of Dagestan and killed at least 13 people were grisly reminders that Vladimir Putin, who came to power a dozen y...
Two powerful explosions went off Thursday night near a traffic police post in the capital of Russia's restive Dagestan region. There was no definitive word on casual...
The skinny dissident is thrown headfirst into a police van by camouflage-clad officers. Nearby, a dozen bearded men bearing Russian Orthodox crosses and wearing skul...
The brightly lit avenues, imposing new mosque and glitzy shopping malls in Chechnya's once bomb-scarred capital mean nothing to Raisa Turluyeva, whose son disappeare...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The leader of Russia's volatile Chechnya region on Friday proposed adding its capital to the list of host cities for the 2018 World Cup."We are co...
Islamic insurgents attacked Chechnya's parliament Tuesday in a brazen suicide raid that left six people dead and 17 wounded, defying Kremlin claims of stability in t...
A longtime friend of a man accused of using an Islamic charity to smuggle money to Muslim fighters in Chechnya has testified that defendant Pete Seda wanted to promo...
Russian police: Chechnya parliament shootout over, insurgents, 2 others killed.
Russian news agencies report shooting in the parliament of Russia's volatile Chechnya region.Interfax is reporting deaths in the parliament complex in the center of ...
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