--KADYROV WANTS TEMPORARY SHELTERS CLOSED DOWN Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov has called for all the temporary accommodation centers in Chechnya to be closed down as soon as possible, claiming that they are “breeding grounds” for crime, drug use and prostitution. Ekho Moskvy radio on... MORE

--ACTIVISTS DEMAND PROBE INTO DAGESTANI PROTEST VIOLENCE The For Human Rights movement said on May 3 that it had written to Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov calling on him to investigate an April 25 incident in which police in Dagestan used force against protesters, killing at... MORE

--SWEDISH AUTHORITIES SEIZE KAVKAZCENTER SERVERS Swedish authorities shut down the Chechen separatist Kavkazcenter website on May 5 at the request of the Russian authorities. The SR International - Radio Sweden website reported on May 8 that the website was closed down after police with a... MORE

--KULAEV FOUND GUILTY Nur-Pashi Kulaev, said by the Russian authorities to be the soul surviving hostage-taker in the September 2004 attack on Beslan School No. 1, was declared guilty on May 16 for his role in the terrorist raid, in which 331 people, over half... MORE

--KOZAK MEETS WITH BESLAN VICTIMS' RELATIVES President Vladimir Putin's envoy to the Southern Federal District, Dmitry Kozak, met with representatives of the Mothers of Beslan and Voice of Beslan committees in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, on May 23 (Kavkazky Uzel, May 24). Kozak told journalists after... MORE

--ALKHANOV DENOUNCES “CLAN-BASED POLITICS” In his first “state of the nation” address to the Chechen people and parliament on May 29, President Alu Alkhanov said that the North Caucasus needs to modernize its political system, Itar-Tass reported. “Not only the Chechen Republic but also other... MORE

--INGUSH LAW-ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ATTACKED Unknown gunmen men in Nazran shot up a car carrying a group of Nazran border guards on June 7, RIA-Novosti reported. A law-enforcement source told the news agency that one of the servicemen was seriously wounded. The attackers escaped in a... MORE

--RAMZAN FANS CELEBRATE HIS FIRST 100 DAYS Thousands of Chechens rallied in Grozny on June 14 in a demonstration marking the first 100 days of Ramzan Kadyrov's tenure as Chechnya's prime minister. "Kadyrov's bearded face topped with a Che Guevara style beret scowled down on... MORE

--FEDERAL FORCES KILLED AND WOUNDED IN CHECHNYA Kavkazky Uzel reported on June 21 that a bomb disposal expert with the federal forces in Chechnya was injured when an explosive device detonated on the road between the villages of Zamai-Yurt and Meskety in the Nozhai-Yurt district.... MORE

--FOUR SERVICEMEN KILLED IN CHECHNYA Radio Liberty’s Russian-language service reported on June 28 that four Russian servicemen were killed fighting in Chechnya. The radio station reported that two servicemen died and four were wounded in a battle with militants in the Achkoi-Martan district. Another serviceman... MORE