Russian and Chechen soldiers in a devastated Mariupol neighborhood close to the Azovstal frontline. The battle between Russian / Pro Russian forces...
Ramzan Kadyrov proudly displays his shooting skills at a firing range in his village of Tsentoroi in front of members of his private army. Officially...
Civilians come back to the main Grozny market after its destruction by a Russian missile, the day before.
Russian unit's lead T-72 tanks, one mounted with a mine-clearing system , halt near Samashky, some 40 kilometers from Grozny, on December 13, 1994....
Russian soldiers prepare for a raid against Chechen rebels April 29, 2000 in the mountains near the village of Orekhovo in southern Chechnya. Chechen...
Russian soldiers in the Chechen capital Grozny man a checkpoint on Minutka Square in the center of the city, February 25, 2000.
Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin stands with Russian soldiers during a concert after an awards ceremony in Gudermes, 30 km east of Grozny,...
Russian soldiers roll through the bombed city of Grozny after intense fighting in the Second Chechen War.
Chechen woman passes by a tank of Russian federal troops on the main street of Gehy-Chu village, south from Grozny 16 February 2000. Russian forces...
Dagestan - Chechnya border Russian soldiers pay homage to their comrades who died in yesterday's fighting with Chechen rebels in Russia in December ,...
Security force soldiers walk at the site of the explosion of a two-storey military barracks in the Chechen village of Kurchaloi, some 30 kms from...
Worker wearing a gas mask arranges corpses into a mass grave in Grozny's cemetery on May 11, 1995. The situation for the population of the Chechen...
Chechen separatist soldier stands on an APC, guarding the presidential palace on Grozny's central square, on November 25, 1994. Tension is rising in...
Chechen fighter takes cover from sniper fire in front of the from the presidential palace destroyed by Russian artillery bombardments in Grozny on...
City dwellers gather to get water from a well near Grozny. Water has been scarce as a result of the conflict with Russia.
Year-Old Refugee Aishat Gandziyeva Cries After Returning To Her Home In The Village Verkhny Gamiyakh Near Khasavyurt, Dagestan September 11, 1999....
Chechen special force troopers attend a training session at a 'Russian Spetsnaz University' special force training centre in the town of Gudermes in...
Chechen women and men pass in February 1996 by the destroyed presidential palace in Grozny, capital of the breakaway southern republic of Chechnya....
An armed Chechen separatist fighter displays a row of gold teeth during the First Chechen War, Chechnya, 1995.
Wounded Russian soldier is escorted by fellow troops to a military hospital near Grozny, Chechnya, March 4, 2000. Russian troops have encountered new...
Russian soldier walks through the streets of the destroyed Chechen capital Grozny, February 25, 2000.
Vitaly says he is of Russian origin and fought in the Russian army during the first Chechen war, but today fights alongside Ukrainian soldiers on...
Chechen special force troopers attend a training session at a 'Russian Spetsnaz University' special force training centre in the town of Gudermes in...
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech next to Chechen President Alu Alkhanov and Chechen Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov as he...
An undated file picture shows Russian soldiers atop an APC taking their position near the village of Shatoy in Chechnya. Military bases are fortified...
Chechen rebel passes 03 March 1996 by the bodies of Russian soldiers in Grozny, capital of the breakaway southern republic of Chechnya. Chechen...
Vitaly who says is of Russian origin and fought in the Russian army during the first Chechen war, but today fights alongside Ukrainian soldiers,...
Civilians run 12 January 1995 from a basement to take cover during heavy shelling of central Grozny. Russia launched 14 January an all-out air and...
Picture taken on March 31, 1995 shows a Russian soldier inspecting the bodies of civilans killed in winter fighting that have been exhumed for...
Russian Army armored personnel carrier and special police forces are seen outside a multistorey block of flats where suspected pro-Chechen militants...
Chechen fighter runs for cover as another hides behind a destroyed Russian tank during fighting in Grozny, 08 January. Russian forces resumed...
Group of Chechen volunteers walk past the bodies of two Russian soldiers who were killed during the last assault on the capital Grozny 01 January...
20Oct99 Chechnya Russian Soldiers Prepare To Attack A Chechen Military Post Just Outside Of Chechnya's Capital Grozny October 20, 1999. A Russian...
General view of one of the neighborhoods of Grozny in fire after several bombardments by Russian war planes 31 December. Russian troops launched...
Mother weeps beside the body of her son in the shattered Chechen town of Gudermes 27 December 1995 killed in the battle between Russia Russian Army...
Official portrait of Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov in his Government office in Grozny, Chechnya. Ramzan was born 5 October 1976 in Tsenteroi, Chechnya,...
Russian Army soldier inspects 31 March 1995 at a cemetery in Grozny, capital of the breakaway southern republic of Chechnya, the bodies of Chechen...