The aircraft reportedly belonged to the Border Guard Service.
"Indeed, a helicopter has crashed in the south of Chechnya," a law enforcement officer told Interfax news agency.
According to the Meduza news website, the vehicle was an Mi-8 helicopter.
Chechnya has been the scene of an Islamist insurgency against the Russian state, although the violence has died down in recent years.
The Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, is a key Putin ally who has been placed under sanctions by the US for alleged human rights abuses.
The Kremlin dubbed the financial restrictions "illegal" and "unfriendly".At least five people have been killed in a helicopter crash in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya, local media reports.
The aircraft belonged to the Border Guard Service, according to the Interfax news agency.
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