Security forces stormed ... three of the hostage-takers had already been sentenced on terrorism charges, including disseminating extremist information and plotting to blow up a Russian courthouse.

Russian special forces said the alleged hostage takers were all “eliminated” in an operation that saw some hostages freed, at the penal colony in the town of Surovikino. The National Guard of ...

The hostage-takers claimed to be part of the Islamic State terrorist group. Russian special forces have killed four prisoners at a penal colony in the southwest of the country who were reported to ...

Russian special forces then killed most of the hostage-takers, detained one, and freed the guards. ISIS has repeatedly pledged to target Russia over its support of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad ...