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Pro-Moscow Authorities Terrorize Families of Chechen Militants
The authorities in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, are trying hard to present a rosy picture of the situation on the ground. The many public holidays are interspersed with reports about the opening ceremonies at this or that facility in the city or the republic.... MORE
Putin Travels to Chechnya to Inspect Post-Quake Rebuilding Efforts
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin traveled to Chechnya on October 16 to inspect reconstruction work following an earthquake that struck the republic on October 11. Putin and Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu were met at the airport by Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, who then accompanied the... MORE
Yamadaev Murder Suspects Detained
Two suspects in the murder of Ruslan Yamadaev, the former State Duma Deputy representing Chechnya and brother of former Vostok battalion commander Sulim Yamadaev, were detained in Moscow on October 16 (North Caucasus Weekly, September 26). Newsru.com, citing the TV-Tsentr television channel, reported that a... MORE
Opposition Website: Ingush Rebels Seize Villages
Ingushetia.ru reported on October 16 that rebel fighters had seized two villages in the republic. According to the opposition website, the militants had blocked the entrances to the villages of Muzhichi and Yandare from the Rostov-Baku federal highway and had set up their own checkpoints.... MORE
Ingushetia on the Brink of War
Since the start of October, there have been a record number of attacks against the government in Ingushetia. The situation raises the questions of what is really happening in this small North Caucasus republic that became known to the world as a home to Chechen... MORE
Chechen Officials Punish Relatives of Rebels
Kavkazky Uzel reported on October 8 that inhabitants of the mountainous Vedeno district in southern Chechnya had announced a boycott of the families of members of “illegal armed formations.” The website reported, however, that while the local authorities claimed the boycott was initiated by the... MORE
Kadyrov Renames Grozny Street in Putin’s Honor
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov signed a decree on October 5 changing the name of Victory Avenue (Prospekt Pobeda) in the Chechen capital Grozny to V.V. Putin Avenue (Prospekt imeni V.V. Putina). Interfax quoted Grozny’s mayor, Muslim Khuchiev, as saying of the move: “In this way... MORE
Ingush Interior Minister’s Bodyguard Reportedly Charged in Yevloev Killing
RIA Novosti on October 8 quoted Musa Pliev, a lawyer for the family of slain Ingush opposition website founder Magomed Yevloev as saying that the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ingushetia had charged Ibragim Yevloev, the head of security for Ingush Interior Minister Musa Medov, with... MORE
Attacks Continue in Ingushetia
A car belonging to an official believed to be a relative of Musa Medov, Ingushetia’s Interior Minister, was blown up in Nazran on October 8. The opposition Ingushetia.org website reported that a powerful explosion took place 100 meters from the Interior Ministry building in Nazran... MORE
Briefs
Law-Enforcement Official and His Son Killed in North Ossetia The head of the first directorate of North Ossetia’s criminal investigation department, Vitaly Cheldiev, was killed along with his 20-year-old son on October 1, Kavkazky Uzel reported. According to a spokesman for the Investigative Committee for... MORE