Latest North Caucasus Weekly Articles
Ingush Reportedly Abducted in Moscow
Izbrannoe.ru reported on September 18 that Ingush living outside the republic are also feeling threatened. According to the website, ten natives of Ingushetia living in Moscow have disappeared with out a trace since the beginning of September. Interfax reported on September 17 that a police... MORE
Russian Media Fails to Conceal New Upsurge in Militant Activity
Recent developments in the North Caucasus covered in the mass media focused primarily on Dagestan and Ingushetia. The first news item, concerning the assassination of the Dagestan Jamaat (Dagestan section of the Caucasus Emirate) commander Abdul-Majjid, aka Ilgar Malachiev (Gazeta.ru, September 7), may potentially trigger... MORE
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Militants Kill Police in Karachaevo-Cherkessia The Associated Press reported on September 14 that one police officer was shot to death and two wounded in Karachaevo-Cherkessia. The news agency quoted the republic’s Interior Ministry as saying that two unidentified militants gunned down a police colonel in... MORE
Leading Rights Activist Meets with Zyazikov
The head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Lyudmila Alekseyeva, met with Ingushetia’s president, Murat Zyazikov, and other republic officials in Magas, Ingushetia’s capital, Newsru.com reported on September 16. Immediately after the meeting, Interfax quoted Alekseyeva as saying: “The meeting with Murat Zyazikov lasted more than... MORE
Servicemen, Militants and a Senior FSB Officer Die in Ingushetia Violence
The Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor General’s Office for Ingushetia confirmed on September 17 that four servicemen were killed that day in an attack on Interior Ministry troops in Ingushetia. Itar-Tass reported that the four servicemen were traveling in a Ural truck on the Galashki-Datykh... MORE
Ten Militants Killed in Southern Dagestan
The Dagestani branch of the Federal Security Service (FSB) reported on September 17 that it had killed ten militants in an operation that day. According to the Moscow Times, the Dagestani FSB said in a statement that a Gazel minivan that was carrying the insurgents,... MORE
The Chechen Reaction to the Georgian Crisis
The August 2008 events in Georgia have been interpreted in various ways both in the world generally and in the republics of Russia’s North Caucasus that neighbor Georgia. Leaving aside the official propaganda campaign, on the societal level there were major disagreements with regard to... MORE
Russian and Azeri Security Forces Fight Rebels on Both Sides of the Border
The recent Russian-Georgian armed conflict revealed the role of Azerbaijan as a key player in projects to supply Europe with oil and natural gas via alternative routes to the pipelines that run across Russia. It is widely known that the Russian authorities completely reject delivering... MORE
Memorial: Government Violence in North Caucasus a “Daily” Occurrence
Kavkazky Uzel reported on September 11 that the Memorial human rights group has released a report chronicling violent incidents in the North Caucasus during August of this year. According to the report, kidnappings, attacks by unknown persons, shootings, and murder take place in the North... MORE