The Chechenpress website on November 15 posted what it said was the Russian-language translation of an interview given by Chechen rebel president Abdul-Khalim Sadulaev to the Chechen-language service of Radio Liberty. Sadulaev said the reason why rebel "mujahideen" had begun launching attacks in neighboring republics,... MORE

The Kabardino-Balkarian Interior Ministry claimed on November 12 that as part of its investigation into the October 13 armed raid on Nalchik it had discovered a large weapons and ammunition cache. "A weapons cache was revealed in a country house in the Urvan district of... MORE

Bill Bowring, a professor at London Metropolitan University and founder of the university's European Human Rights program who has helped Russian citizens win cases in the European Court of Human Rights, has been denied entry into Russia. The Moscow Times reported on November 17 that... MORE

--BOMBINGS AND SHOOTOUT IN INGUSHETIA A suspected Islamic militant was wounded in a shootout with police on November 15 in Nazran, Ingushetia, pravda.ru reported. An Interior Minister spokesman, Roman Shchekotin, said that the suspect, Isa Ozdoev, started firing on police as they tried to arrest... MORE

Early in November, the Kavkazcenter website posted a short video film showing Chechen rebel president Abdul-Khalim Sadulaev visiting secret bases in the mountains to meet with rank-and-file guerrillas. One can see Sadulaev sitting and eating together with mujahideen and answering their questions. The most surprising... MORE

The Jerusalem Post reported on November 8 that the Russian government "is mulling the construction of a security barrier along the border with Chechnya similar to Israel's West Bank security fence as part of its efforts to combat Muslim terror." According to the newspaper, President... MORE

The separatist Kavkazcenter website and gazeta.ru reported on November 5 that a "concise glossary" had been handed out to "TV station administrators" the previous day at the Kremlin's regular Friday "gray briefing," during which "members of the presidential staff express their wishes (in the form... MORE

Newsru.com reported on November 10 that federal forces had shelled Starye Atagi at dawn the previous day instead of a rebel base because of mistaken "coordinates." As a result, a barrage of 12 shells hit the village, wounding six residents—four women, an eight-year-old girl and... MORE

The Memorial human rights center wrote an appeal, addressed to the Russian president, prosecutor general, human rights ombudsman, and chairman of the presidential council for the development of institutions of civil society and human rights, demanding that they immediately do everything with their power to... MORE

Ruslan Nakhushev, the director of the Institute for Islamic Studies and coordinator of the Russian Islamic Heritage movement in the North Caucasus who was also close to the Jamaat of Kabardino-Balkaria (see Chechnya Weekly, October 6), disappeared on November 4. Kavkazky Uzel reported on November... MORE