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Top Investigator Murdered in Dagestan
The deputy head of the investigative committee of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office in Dagestan, Seifudin Kaziakhmedov, was shot dead in Dagestan’s capital Makhachkala on May 21. Agence France-Presse reported that he was shot six times by an unknown assailant in broad daylight. The Moscow... MORE
Memorial: Growing Number of Young Chechens Joining Rebels
The Memorial human rights group says that pressure by law enforcement bodies in Chechnya on youth in the republic has only increased since Russian President Dmitry Medvedev officially announced an end to the ten-year-long counter-terrorist operation in the republic last month, and that this pressure... MORE
Fighting Continues in Ingushetia and Chechnya after Authorities Launch Joint Operation
Kavkazky Uzel on May 21 quoted law enforcement officials as saying that a winter base for Chechen rebels had been destroyed between the settlements of Neftyanoe and Eshilkhatoi in the mountains of Chechnya’s southeastern Vedeno district, while another large rebel base was discovered on the... MORE
The North Caucasus Remains Combustible
Events in the North Caucasus today are still closely tied to the boundaries established in the 19th century, when the natives’ resistance to the Russian Empire was channeled into two essentially independent movements - one in the northeast Caucasus (Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan) and one... MORE
Briefs
Strasbourg Court Orders Russia to Pay Chechens CompensationThe European Court of Human Rights ordered Russia on May 14 to pay 104,000 euros ($141,000) in compensation to the relatives of two people who were abducted or killed in Chechnya, RIA Novosti reported. The court ordered Russia... MORE
Someone Claiming to be Slain Vostok Commander Declares Vendetta against Kadyrov
The murder of former Vostok battalion commander Sulim Yamadaev took what the Moscow Times on May 14 called an “odd twist” this past week when someone claiming to be Sulim Yamadaev, who was murdered in Dubai on March 28, telephoned a Muslim cleric based in... MORE
Militants Killed in Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria
Itar-Tass on May 14 quoted sources in the Dagestani branch of the Federal Security Service (FSB) as saying that a special operation aimed at “neutralizing the so-called Khasavyurt subversive/terrorist grouping” had ended in Dagestan’s Khasavyurt district. The sources said four militants had been killed during... MORE
Ingush Opposition Leader: Situation is Worse then Under Zyazikov
Kavkazky Uzel on May 14 quoted a leader of Ingushetia’s opposition, Magomed Khazbiev, as saying that President Yunus Bek-Yevkurov has not lived up to the hopes that Ingushetia’s people placed in him after President Dmitry Medvedev picked him to replace the unpopular Murat Zyazikov as... MORE
Suicide Bomber Targets Interior Ministry in Grozny
A bomb blast near the headquarters of Chechnya’s Interior Ministry in Grozny on May 15 reportedly killed two policemen and wounded at least five other people, including civilians. According to Itar-Tass, the explosive device was detonated by a suicide bomber at a police checkpoint located... MORE
Dagestan Gears Up for Change as the End of its President’s Term Nears
The first president of Dagestan, Mukhu Aliev, has about six months left before he is either reappointed for a second term or replaced. The anticipated end of Aliev's presidential term has sparked a remarkable wave of activity in the republic.On April 28, a nephew of... MORE