Russia’s Federal Security Service said today that it had paid a reward of $10m (€7.5m) for information on the exact location of Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov.

A truck bomb explosion ripped through a government compound in northern Chechnya today, killing at least 41 people including six children and wounding more han 100 others.

At least 30 people have now been confirmed killed today in a suicide truck bombing at a government compound in northern Chechnya - and some estimates say 50 people may have been killed.

At least 16 people were killed today in northern Chechnya in what appeared to be a suicide truck bombing at a district administration building.