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Beslan Tragedy Reveals Flaws In Russian Security Operations
After four massive terrorists attacks against Russian civilians in ten days, culminating in the horrific attack on schoolchildren in Beslan, Russian President Vladimir Putin finally acknowledged the deficiencies in the
Dagestan’s Officials And Police Await Assassination
The head of Dagestan's Novolak district administration, Arsen Khaidakov, was assassinated in Makhachkala on the evening of July 29. His death is the latest in a decade of political violence
Kremlin Unarmed As Chechen Rebels Strengthen
Recent developments suggest that, after nearly ten years, the Kremlin still is unable to respond to attacks by separatists bent on an independent Chechnya. First, Chechen rebels staged a raid
MIGRANTS BLAMED FOR THE RISE OF ETHNIC HATRED IN RUSSIA
By Nabi Abdullaev [The Kremlin's efforts to battle ethnically motivated extremism will most likely prove futile, because Russian society, especially in its poorer layers, is plagued with genuine xenophobic sentiments.
RUSSIA REMAINS A DANGEROUS PLACE
By Nabi Abdullaev Over the past decade, contract killing and alcohol-fuelled slayings have become an everyday routine in Russia, leading many to look back nostalgically to the relatively crime-free days
CHECHENS FIGHTING WITH THE TALIBAN: FACT OR PROPAGANDA?
By Nabi Abdullaev Reports that hundreds of Chechen rebels and even one of their prominent leaders, Emir Khattab, have been fighting with the Taliban in Afghanistan have appeared in
CHECHNYA’S WAR: A “LOGIC” OF ITS OWN
By Nabi Abdullaev Little has changed in Chechnya since the November 18 meeting between Akhmed Zakaev, the Chechen rebels' representative, and Viktor Kazantsev, President Vladimir Putin's envoy in the Southern
THE GROWTH OF ISLAMIC RADICALISM IN RUSSIA
By Nabi Abdullaev With his clean-shaven chin and classic blue jeans, 40-year-old Akhmed Magomedov hardly fits the stereotypical image of an Islamic radical--bearded, brandishing a machine gun and calling for
CHECHNYA IS FACING PERSONNEL VACUUM
By Nabi Abdullaev The restoration of civilian and business institutions in Chechnya, which Russian officialdom is trying to present as already having been pacified, is inevitably colliding with the absence
FOREIGNERS BEWARE: KIDNAPPERS ARE STILL OPERATING IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS
By Nabi Abdullaev Kidnapping in Chechnya and the adjacent areas is as common today as it was before the Russians began their second military offensive in the breakaway region in
RAMADAN FASTING IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA ENDED, FESTIVITIES GO ON
By Nabi Abdullaev The prices for groceries at the food markets in Russia's Muslim republics doubled during the last week of December. The women doing their shopping desperately scolded and
A CULTURE OF ARMS PROSPERS IN THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS
By Nabi Abdullaev The exchange of currency in Makhachkala--the capital of Dagestan, Russia's southernmost republic--goes on right in the town's streets. Dozens of young men wave around packs of dollars
TUBERCULOSIS RAGES IN THE CAUCASUS
By Nabi Abdullaev According to medical standards, one lethal case of the tubercular meningitis marks the downfall of epidemiological services in a given region. In 1999, ten children with this
DAGESTAN’S LEADERSHIP IS HAPPY WITH PUTIN
By Nabi Abdullaev Vladimir Putin won 81 percent of the votes in Dagestan, Russia's southernmost republic. It was one of the highest results among the Russian regions. To a great
RUSSIAN FORCES BRACE FOR A PROTRACTED GUERRILLA WAR
By Nabi Abdullaev The federal forces in Chechnya are now facing a new stage in the military conflict. Trench warfare is coming to an end: Only a few villages in
MOSCOW TIGHTLY CONTROLS INFORMATION ON THE CHECHEN CONFLICT
By Nabi Abdullaev "Wherever the press center is established, the information ends," grimly jokes Timur Djafarov, Interfax correspondent in Dagestan, sitting in the hall of the Makhachkala Provisional press center
NADIR AND MAGOMED KHACHILAEV: POLITICIANS FOR THE NEW RUSSIA
By Nabi Abdullaev The criminal saga of the Khachilaev brothers, the Dagestan political family, continues: On October 7 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced the arrest of Nadir Khachilaev, a
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS THREATEN TO DESTABILIZE SITUATION IN DAGESTAN.
By Nabi Abdullaev For all their seeming liberality, the amendments adopted to the constitution of Dagestan at the March 19 session of the republic's Popular Assembly have substantially impeded the