Question: the chechen republic is located in this region of russia
Answer: 717 Political status Country Russia Federal district North Caucasian Economic region North Caucasus Established January 10 , 1993 Capital Grozny Government ( as of January 2015 ) Head Ramzan Kadyrov Legislature Parliament Statistics Area ( as of the 2002 Census ) Total 17,300 km ( 6,700 sq mi ) Area rank 75th Urban 32.