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2009-07-04: Headlines

Aljazeera.net: Chechen police killed in Ingushetia 2009-07-04

Up to nine Chechen police officers have been gunned down in the Russian region of Ingushetia, Russian news agencies say. The police officers were killed ...

BBC News: Chechen police die in Ingushetia 2009-07-04

Islamist militants have been battling pro-Kremlin authorities and Russian security forces in a low-level insurgency in Ingushetia, Chechnya and ...

Reuters: Nine Chechen police killed in Russia's Ingushetia 2009-07-04

MOSCOW, July 4 (Reuters) - Nine Chechen policemen sent to crush an insurgency in the neighbouring Russian republic of Ingushetia were gunned down ...

Reuters: Gunmen kill nine Chechen police in Russia's Ingushetia 2009-07-04

MOSCOW, July 4 (Reuters) - Nine Chechen police officers were killed on Saturday in the Russian republic of Ingushetia after gunmen opened fire on their ...

Irish Independent: Nine Chechen policemen killed in ambush 2009-07-04

Nine Chechen policemen have been killed and 10 others injured in the Russian republic of Ingushetia. It happened after Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov ordered ...

Civil Georgia: ECHR to Hear Georgia vs. Russia Case 2009-07-04

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said on July 3 it found Georgia's complaints against Russia over deportations admissible for hearing.

Hindu: Militant attack kills nine policemen in southern Russia 2009-07-04

The police officers had been travelling from neighbouring Chechnya as part of a joint anti-terrorism operation launched after a suicide bombing last week ...

RIA Novosti: Nine killed as Chechen policemen fall into ambush in Ingushetia 2009-07-04

GROZNY/ROSTOV-ON-DON, July 4 (RIA Novosti) - Nine policemen were killed and 10 wounded as a Chechen police motorcade fell into ambush in the Russian North ...

RT: Nine policemen killed in Russia's southern republic 2009-07-04

Nine Chechen policemen have been killed in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia, after militants launched a grenade and opened gunfire at their car.

Indopia: Ten Chechen police killed in Russian Caucasus 2009-07-04

Nazran (Russia), July 4 (AFP) Ten Chechen police were killed today when militants fired on their convoy in the neighbouring Russian region of Ingusheti ...

EasyBourse.com: European Rts Court Allows Georgian Complaint Vs Russia 2009-07-03

STRASBOURG (AFP)--The European Court of Human Rights said Friday a complaint lodged by Georgia against Russia can be heard. "The European Court of Hum ...

EasyBourse.com: Russian Officer, Soldier Killed In Chechnya Attacks-Officials 2009-07-03

GROZNY, Chechnya (AFP)--A Russian military officer and a soldier were killed Friday in separate bomb attacks in Russia's northern Caucasus region ...

Asia Times Online: A moment of truth for Obama in Moscow 2009-07-03

Russia has laid out its welcome carpet leading all the way from the rugged Caucasus, a theater of events that is interesting in the highest degree ...

Common Dreams (press release): Russia/US: Obama Should Press Medvedev on Rights at Summit 2009-07-03

In a July 2009 report, "'What Your Children Do Will Touch Upon You': Punitive House-Burning in Chechnya," Human Rights Watch documented how Russian federal ...

Journal of Turkish Weekly: Blasts in Russia's North Caucasus Leave 2 Troops Dead 8 Wounded 2009-07-03

Two troops have been killed and another five wounded by explosions in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, while three police were injured by ...

PR-Inside.com News: Police: 3 bombs kill 2 troops, wound 5 in Chechnya 2009-07-03

Chechnya and surrounding provinces in Russia's North Caucasus region are beset by daily shootings, bombings and other violence that persists after two war ...

Eurasian Home Analytical Resource: NEITHER THE USA, NOR RUSSIA ARE INTERESTED IN THE ESCALATION ... 2009-07-03

The military conflict of August 2008 against Georgia will backfire on Russia. And such regimes as now exist in Chechnya won't lessen disintegrati ...

RIA Novosti: 'Arab mercenary' behind foiled attack on Chechen leader 2009-07-03

Russia's North Caucasus republics have been swept by a wave of violence in the past two months, since the government formally ended its decade-long ...

Kyiv Post: Chechnya police: 2 Russian servicemen killed, 5 injured in 3 bomb ... 2009-07-03

Yesterday, 11:26 | AP MOSCOW - Police in Chechnya say two Russian servicemen have been killed and five others wounded in three separate bomb blasts in ...

ITAR-TASS: Two servicemen die, 5 get injuries in three blasts in Chechnya 2009-07-03

Two servicemen of Interior Troops of the Russian Interior Ministry died, two servicemen of Interior Troops and three servicemen of the Ministry of Defense ...

Prague Watchdog: The “CTO” is a question, not an answer 2009-07-03

Within the framework of Russia a unitary Chechen state has been created, receiving gigantic federal government grants in exchange for demonstrations ...

2009-07-03: Headlines

Asia Times Online: A moment of truth for Obama in Moscow 2009-07-03

Russia has laid out its welcome carpet leading all the way from the rugged Caucasus, a theater of events that is interesting in the highest degree ...

PR-Inside.com News: Police: 3 bombs kill 2 troops, wound 5 in Chechnya 2009-07-03

© AP MOSCOW (AP) - Police in Chechnya say two Russian servicemen have been killed and five others wounded in three separate bomb blasts in the war-scarred ...

Prague Watchdog: The “CTO” is a question, not an answer 2009-07-03

Within the framework of Russia a unitary Chechen state has been created, receiving gigantic federal government grants in exchange for demonstrations ...

RIA Novosti: Blasts in Russia's North Caucasus leave 2 troops dead, 8 wounded 2009-07-03

MOSCOW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - Two troops have been killed and another five wounded by explosions in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechny ...

ReliefWeb (press release): Russia: What your children do will touch upon you - Punitive house ... 2009-07-02

Indeed, in more than 100 judgments to date, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found Russia responsible for serious violations in Chechnya.

Australia.TO: RUSSIA: Chechen Civilians Face Collective Punishment 2009-07-02

WASHINGTON, Jul 2 (IPS) - Russian federal and Chechen authorities should immediately put a stop to home burnings and other collective punishment practice ...

Vancouver Sun: Chechnya burns homes to punish rebels: Watchdog 2009-07-02

MOSCOW - A human rights watchdog accused the leadership of Russia's Chechnya region on Thursday of collectively punishing family members of anti-government ...

New Zealand Herald: Russia 'ignoring' burnings 2009-07-02

Human Rights Watch counted 26 cases between June 2008 and last month in regions all over Chechnya. The Russian Government had "overwhelmingly failed" to put ...

The News International: Bangladeshi held for beating tiger to death 2009-07-02

The accusations by New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) were the latest allegations of rights violations in Chechnya under the rule of its strongm ...

MOSNEWS: Chechen officials hold talks in Norway with exiled rebel leader 2009-07-02

A top government official and exiled separatists from Russia 's war-ravaged Chechnya region have met for the first time this week for peace talk ...

PR-Inside.com News: Police battle militants in Russia's North Caucasus 2009-07-02

© AP NAZRAN, Russia (AP) - Officials say security forces are battling militants in Russia's troubled region of Ingushetia and at least one officer has been ...

PR-Inside.com News: Militants suspected of plot killed in Chechnya 2009-07-02

© AP ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) - Government forces in Russia's violence-plagued region of Chechnya said Thursday they had killed an insurgent who w ...

PR-Inside.com News: Thursday, July 9 2009-07-02

1996 - Russia resumes an offensive in Chechnya after President Boris Yeltsin wins re-election. 1997 - Nevada Athletic Commission revokes Mike Tyson's boxing ...

RIA Novosti: Russia loses Strasbourg court case over Chechnya abduction 2009-07-02

In 2008, the court ruled against Russia 245 times. Overall, around 20% of all complaints made to the court in the past decade have involved Russia. Chechny ...

Calgary Herald: RUSSIA'S POWER GAMBLE 2009-07-02

Russia has taken a gamble in giving Chechnya's independent-minded president responsibility for security as this may embolden him to attempt to wrest ...

Georgiandaily: Ethno-Linguistic Group in the Middle Volga Seeks Republic Status 2009-07-02

And only the fear of major conflicts forces [the center] to put up with the autonomous policy of Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, and Chechnya.

Jamestown Foundation: Rights Activists Paint Grim Picture of North Caucasus Situation 2009-07-02

In a piece published in the Russia edition of Newsweek magazine on June 29, Lokshina wrote that Kadyrov essentially runs Chechnya as an "enclave" operating ...

RIA Novosti: Police thwarts attempt on Chechen president life 2009-07-02

... in Chechnya and neighboring Ingushetia was going according to plan, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had asked him to intensify and end the fight.

Jamestown Foundation: Suicide Attacker Battalion Resurfaces 2009-07-02

The president was also blamed for receiving the Hero of Russia award during the Chechen war in 2000-01, for insulting mujahideen and for calling on ...

Sydney Morning Herald: Four die in violence in Caucasus region 2009-07-02

A leading rights group has accused security forces in Russia's Chechnya region of collectively punishing families whose relatives were alleged militants ...

RIA Novosti: Police officer injured in Daghestan shooting dies in hospital 2009-07-02

Militant attacks and clashes remain common in Russia's North Caucasus, although the Kremlin campaign to fight separatists and terrorists in Chechnya h ...

2009-07-02: Headlines

Canada Free Press: The Kremlin's trap for Obama: A new war in Georgia? 2009-07-03

Putin had succeeded, to some small extent, in making Bush an accomplice to Russia's crimes in Chechnya. This meeting caused a squall of indignation by both ...

RIA Novosti: Police officer injured in Daghestan shooting dies in hospital 2009-07-02

Militant attacks and clashes remain common in Russia's North Caucasus, although the Kremlin campaign to fight separatists and terrorists in Chechnya h ...

MOSNEWS: Chechen officials hold talks in Norway with exiled rebel leader 2009-07-02

A top government official and exiled separatists from Russia 's war-ravaged Chechnya region have met for the first time this week for peace talk ...

RIA Novosti: Police thwarts attempt on Chechen president life 2009-07-02

... in Chechnya and neighboring Ingushetia was going according to plan, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had asked him to intensify and end the fight.

The Nation.: Obama in Moscow 2009-07-02

And today the White House confirmed that Obama will give an interview to Russia's leading opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta. In April, Russian President ...

The News International: Bangladeshi held for beating tiger to death 2009-07-02

The accusations by New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) were the latest allegations of rights violations in Chechnya under the rule of its strongm ...

American Thinker: Obama's biggest character flaw 2009-07-02

Putin may kill fundamentalist Muslims in Chechnya, but A'jad is America's sworn enemy, and that's all that counts for Putin, as he tries to rebuild the Evil ...

Voice of America: Russian War Games: More Than Saber-Rattling? 2009-07-02

All seven republics in the North Caucasus region, which are part of the Russian Federation, border Georgia. Four of these republics – Dagestan, Chechny ...

Eesti elu: Finno-Ugric linguistic group in the Middle Volga seeks republic status 2009-07-02

And only the fear of major conflicts forces [the center] to put up with the autonomous policy of Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, and Chechnya.

RIA Novosti: Russia loses Strasbourg court case over Chechnya abduction 2009-07-02

In 2008, the court ruled against Russia 245 times. Overall, around 20% of all complaints made to the court in the past decade have involved Russia. Chechny ...

Sydney Morning Herald: Four die in violence in Caucasus region 2009-07-02

A leading rights group has accused security forces in Russia's Chechnya region of collectively punishing families whose relatives were alleged militants ...

????? ?????? ????? (???? ????): Russia: Stop Collective Punishment in Chechnya 2009-07-02

(Moscow) - Russian federal and Chechen authorities should immediately put a stop to home burnings and other collective punishment practices against familie ...

ReliefWeb (press release): Russia: What your children do will touch upon you - Punitive house ... 2009-07-02

Indeed, in more than 100 judgments to date, the European Court of Human Rights (ecthr) has found Russia responsible for serious violations in Chechnya.

Jamestown Foundation: Suicide Attacker Battalion Resurfaces 2009-07-02

The president was also blamed for receiving the Hero of Russia award during the Chechen war in 2000-01, for insulting mujahideen and for calling on ...

Jamestown Foundation: Rights Activists Paint Grim Picture of North Caucasus Situation 2009-07-02

In a piece published in the Russia edition of Newsweek magazine on June 29, Lokshina wrote that Kadyrov essentially runs Chechnya as an "enclave" operating ...

Australia.TO: RUSSIA: Chechen Civilians Face Collective Punishment 2009-07-02

WASHINGTON, Jul 2 (IPS) - Russian federal and Chechen authorities should immediately put a stop to home burnings and other collective punishment practice ...

Daily Times: Georgia and Russia at odds after Caucasus talks 2009-07-02

HRW: Meanwhile, a leading rights group on Thursday accused security forces in Russia's Chechnya region of collectively punishing families whose relative ...

PR-Inside.com News: Militants suspected of plot killed in Chechnya 2009-07-02

© AP ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) - Government forces in Russia's violence-plagued region of Chechnya said Thursday they had killed an insurgent who w ...

Calgary Herald: RUSSIA'S POWER GAMBLE 2009-07-02

Russia has taken a gamble in giving Chechnya's independent-minded president responsibility for security as this may embolden him to attempt to wrest ...

Zee News: Russia`s North Caucasus : Police battle militants 2009-07-02

Nazran, July 02: Officials say security forces are battling militants in Russia's troubled region of Ingushetia and at least one officer has been killed.

PR-Inside.com News: Thursday, July 9 2009-07-02

1996 - Russia resumes an offensive in Chechnya after President Boris Yeltsin wins re-election. 1997 - Nevada Athletic Commission revokes Mike Tyson's boxing ...

Reuters: Chechnya burns homes to punish rebels - watchdog 2009-07-02

MOSCOW, July 2 (Reuters) - A human rights watchdog accused the leadership of Russia's Chechnya region on Thursday of collectively ...

ReliefWeb (press release): Rule without law: Human rights violations in the North Caucasus 2009-07-01

The number of cases in which the European Court of Human Rights has found Russia responsible for human rights violations in Chechnya alone exceeds 100 as ...

Prague Watchdog: Kremlin alchemy 2009-07-01

In both Chechnya and Ingushetia the idea of separation from Russia was really popular – separation not into the void, however, but within a single unified ...

Georgiandaily: Russia Would Be Better Off Without Non-Russian Areas, Some Russi ... 2009-07-01

And he continued that her program consisted of advocating “'the amputation' of Chechnya and a few other 'low-quality' regions, giving the remain complete ...

Jamestown Foundation: Police, Militants Killed in Clashes in Dagestan and Chechnya 2009-07-01

An interior ministry serviceman was also killed in the fighting in Gubden, Russian news agencies reported (www.newsru.com, June 28).

Islam Online: Russia “Abuses with Impunity” in Chechnya 2009-07-01

Chechnya has been ravaged by two wars since 1994, with just three years of relative peace after the first war between Russia and Chechen fighters ended ...

Journal of Turkish Weekly: Medvedev in Cairo Following in Obama's Footsteps 2009-07-01

It was not easy to explain that Russia was not fighting Islam in Chechnya. To this day some, though not many, people in the Arab world think so.

Amnesty International UK: Russia: Ongoing abuses in North Caucasus lend lie ... 2009-07-01

Ongoing human rights abuses in Chechnya, Ingushetia and other parts of the North Caucasus 'lend the lie' to claims made by the Russia authorities that ...

EasyBourse.com: 2 Police Killed, Six Wounded In Caucasus Rebel Attacks 2009-07-01

In April, the Kremlin ended its decade-long military crackdown in Chechnya, but violence in Russia's North Caucasus shows no signs of abating.

Prague Watchdog: Was the attempted assassination of Yevkurov the prelude to a coup? 2009-07-01

Today, the Ingush will do anything to resist being reunited with Chechnya. Their support is for the United Russia party. And in any referendum they would ...

Examiner.com: Russian investigative journalist dies of a head injury 2009-07-01

... journalists have died in Russia during the past 15 years. According to the report, the worst place is the Northern Caucasus, which includes Chechnya.

People's Daily Online: One dead, 14 wounded in militant attack on police station ... 2009-07-01

A police officer was killed and at least 14 others were wounded when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a police station in Russia's North Caucasus republic ...

Georgiandaily: Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty - Caucasus Report - June 30, 2009 2009-07-01

In late April, Russian military commanders in Chechnya alleged that Chechen fighters were again using Georgia's Pankisi Gorge as a rear base ...

Human Rights Watch (press release): Ingushetia Under Siege 2009-07-01

Ingushetia is a tiny republic in Russia's North Caucasus. It was once peaceful, particularly compared with Chechnya. It was not long ago that the border ...

eTaiwan News: Attack in Russia's North Caucasus; 1 police killed 2009-07-01

Russian TV showed footage of the badly damaged building, windows blown out and shrapnel holes in the exterior walls. Like the rest of the North Caucasu ...

BBC News: 'Abuses widespread' in N Caucasus 2009-07-01

Russia has claimed success in bringing stability to Chechnya under its President Ramzan Kadyrov, and in April announced an end to the armed conflict ...

guardian.co.uk: Samaragate forces Russian football to ask if it has a problem 2009-07-01

Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya's president and also the chairman of Terek Grozny, has denied any allegations of match-fixing. Photograph: Musa Sadulayev/AP ...

UNPO: Chechnya: Amnesty International Slams Russia for Human Rights 2009-07-01

Amnesty International called on Russia to enforce order in Chechnya and north Caucasus where human rights are violated. Rights group Amnesty International ...

Times Online: Vladimir Putin gambling law banishes Russian casinos to Siberian exile 2009-07-01

Chechnya, Alexander Litvinenko, Galina Starovoitova, etc. Every bad thing Bush had done, Putin had done and then some. Let the Donald get in there and he ...

PR Newswire (press release): Amnesty International Says Accountability is Key to Normalizati ... 2009-07-01

In the context of Chechnya, the counter-terrorism operation that the Russian authorities declared there gave a green light to these abuses.

RT: Doku Umarov: virtual and real Chechen warlord 2009-07-01

Russian analysts argue over the role that top terrorist Doku Umarov now plays in the militants' underground and assess his chances to prevent the Chechen ...

2009-07-01: Headlines

AFP: Amnesty slams Russia for rights record in Chechnya 2009-07-01

MOSCOW (AFP) — Rights group Amnesty International called on Russia to enforce order and transparency in Chechnya and the north Caucasus where right ...

guardian.co.uk: Samaragate forces Russian football to ask if it has a problem 2009-07-01

Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya's president and also the chairman of Terek Grozny, has denied any allegations of match-fixing. Photograph: Musa Sadulayev/AP ...

RT: Doku Umarov: virtual and real Chechen warlord 2009-07-01

Russian analysts argue over the role that top terrorist Doku Umarov now plays in the militants' underground and assess his chances to prevent the Chechen ...

Human Rights Watch (press release): Ingushetia Under Siege 2009-07-01

Ingushetia is a tiny republic in Russia's North Caucasus. It was once peaceful, particularly compared with Chechnya. It was not long ago that the border ...

Examiner.com: Russian investigative journalist dies of a head injury 2009-07-01

... journalists have died in Russia during the past 15 years. According to the report, the worst place is the Northern Caucasus, which includes Chechnya.

The Moscow Times: News in Brief 2009-06-30

... Kosachyov's counterpart in the US House of Representatives, said Russian officials should ignore "isolated" statements. (MT) The son of a Chechen rebel ...

RIA Novosti: One killed, 3 injured in militant attack on convoy in Chechnya 2009-06-30

... injured when militants attacked a police convoy in the Vedeno District of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a police source said on Tuesday.

Examiner.com: Predicting Russia's next war 2009-06-30

Russia is a bully. It picks fights in Chechnya and invades Georgia. But it will not fight its equal. If Turkey, Europe, and he US stand resolved to defend ...

The Nation, Pakistan: The Al-Qaeda demon 2009-06-30

... the mujahideen force that had become an amalgamation of many foreign fighters from Saudi Arabia to Chechnya to push the Russian bear out of Afghanistan.

EasyBourse.com: Russian "Anti-terror" Operating On Europe's Highest Mountain -Report 2009-06-30

... of Russia's most popular skiing destinations and lies in the Kabardino-Balkaria region, which is seen as relatively calm compared to nearby Chechnya ...

2009-06-29: Headlines

PopMatters: 2009 Silverdocs Documentary Festival 2009-06-29

Over the past 15 years, Parry filmed war photographer Robert King as he covered bloodbaths from Bosnia to Chechnya and beyond. The movie captures King' ...

ABC Regional Online: Developments in case of murdered Russian journalist 2009-06-29

She broke stories on human rights abuses in conflict-torn Chechnya and was a staunch critic of the presidency of Vladimir Putin.

Prague Watchdog: Russia's "highland customs" 2009-06-29

It is a Russian tradition, continued with minor modifications from Imperial times through the Soviet period to the present day. The Chechens are not ...

???: Russia starts drill in North Caucasus 2009-06-29

... region including North Ossetia, Chechnya and Daghestan. The exercise aims to evaluate the capabilities of Russia's southwestern military force ...

The Baltic Course: OSCE PA annual session begins in Vilnius 2009-06-29

... members of the assembly as well as guests "about the tragedy of the Chechen nation, Russia's despotism in this country and will help to rescue Chechnya.

RIA Novosti: Four police officers wounded in Russia's North Caucasus 2009-06-29

... counterterrorism operation in Chechnya, which witnessed two brutal separatist wars in the 1990s and early 2000s. Russian Security Council deputy head ...

TREND Information: Georgia's former interior minister rejects involvement ... 2009-06-29

Kakha Targamadze said it was scheduled to open border and release Chechen militants, to whom the Ministry of Justice headed by Mikhail Saakashvili gave ...

The Moscow Times: Telenor's Worst Nightmare 2009-06-28

Telenor, the Norwegian telecoms giant, is caught in a dispute with Alfa Group, one of Russia's largest holdings, over the highly lucrative mobile telephone ...

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: Russia: Police Crime Wave Sparks Talk of Reform 2009-06-28

An investigation later revealed that Yevsyukov had shot his victims with a gun that had been illegally removed from a criminal inquiry in Chechnya year ...

Washington Post: More clashes in Russia's North Caucasus kill 5 2009-06-28

The bombing in Ingushetia, which borders Chechnya to the west, was the latest evidence that the violence in the regions along Russia's southern border ...

2009-06-28: Headlines

Washington Post: More clashes in Russia's North Caucasus kill 5 2009-06-28

The bombing in Ingushetia, which borders Chechnya to the west, was the latest evidence that the violence in the regions along Russia's southern border ...

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: Russia: Police Crime Wave Sparks Talk of Reform 2009-06-28

An investigation later revealed that Yevsyukov had shot his victims with a gun that had been illegally removed from a criminal inquiry in Chechnya year ...

The Moscow Times: Telenor's Worst Nightmare 2009-06-28

Telenor, the Norwegian telecoms giant, is caught in a dispute with Alfa Group, one of Russia's largest holdings, over the highly lucrative mobile telephone ...

Reuters India: Russia Ingush leader's relative dies of bomb wounds 2009-06-27

Ingushetia, a Muslim region bordering Chechnya, is one of the main centres of violence along Russia's turbulent southern flank. Security forces say it ...

Toronto Star: Behind Moscow's glittery facade 2009-06-27

... who was gunned down in 2006 after years of exposing the torture, rape and murder in Chechnya by Russian forces and the Kremlin-backed administration.

2009-06-27: Headlines

Reuters India: Russia Ingush leader's relative dies of bomb wounds 2009-06-27

Ingushetia, a Muslim region bordering Chechnya, is one of the main centres of violence along Russia's turbulent southern flank. Security forces say it ...

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: Moscow Film Festival -- A Celebration Of Obedience 2009-06-26

Kadyrov was put in place to control Chechnya, and Mikhalkov to control cinema in Russia. As long as there are no problems for Russia in Chechny ...

AllAfrica.com: Namibia: Na Zdorovje! Was It Good for You Too? 2009-06-26

This obviously followed a rather dismal track record in Chechnya and the neighbouring 'stans. But with only Georgia and Armenia being Orthodox in that part ...

ISRIA: Russia: Answers to Questions from Russian Journalists 2009-06-26

He began carrying out joint operations together with neighbouring Chechnya and its head, Ramzan Kadyrov. These operations were a big success.

Jamestown Foundation: Can Kadyrov Deliver on his Vow to Crush Chechnya's Insurgency ... 2009-06-26

... to the replacement of Chechnya's Interior Minister, Lieutenant General and Hero of Russia Ruslan Alkhanov, who is rumored to have fallen out of favor.

Russia Blog: Michael Jackson Deeply Grieved in Russia 2009-06-26

Among many Russian leaders, the president of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov said “I deeply grieve with the musician's relatives, friends, and fans because of ...

Jamestown Foundation: Nurgaliev: North Caucasus Violence Challenges the Authorities 2009-06-26

According to Kavkazsky Uzel, the number of terrorist acts, murders of law enforcement personnel and kidnappings has grown significantly in Chechnya since ...

New York Times: Retrial Ordered in Killing of a Russian Journalist 2009-06-26

In February, the main defendants — two Chechen brothers and a former police investigator — were found not guilty by a jury on charges that they provided ...