Interfax reported on July 12 that two people were abducted in the Leninsky district of Grozny. According to the news agency, unknown people in camouflage uniforms burst into the home of Beslan Abdulaev and took him away to an unknown destination. Adlan Aliev, a 35-year-old... MORE

Russian military sources reported on July 13 that four servicemen and a police officer were injured when a blast hit an armored column in Chechnya's Shali district, RIA Novosti reported. The incident reportedly took place as five armored personnel carriers and two Ural trucks ferrying... MORE

The political fall-out from a political debacle that occurred in early June in the village of Borozdinovskaya in northern Chechnya - pro-Moscow Chechen special forces nominally subordinated to the Russian GRU conducted a brutal cleansing operation during which they abducted 10-11 men, whose present fate... MORE

--FORMER BESLAN HOSTAGE SAYS THERE WERE 70+ TERRORISTS A former Beslan hostage testified at the trial of Nur-Pashi Kulaev, the sole participant in the Beslan school seizure to be apprehended by the authorities, that the number of terrorists involved was more than twice the official... MORE

The level of terrorist violence in Dagestan, which was already high, increased precipitously over the last week with a series of large-scale bombings and assassinations. The authorities, however, scored an apparent success on July 6, when security forces reportedly killed the leader of the republic's... MORE

The Sharia Jamaat also claimed responsibility for the murder of Magomedzagid Varisov. On June 28, Magomedzagid Varisov, a well-known political scientist and journalist, was shot to death as he pulled up to his home in Makhachkala. His driver was wounded while his wife, who was... MORE

The Defense Ministry's website reported on June 30 that ten Defense Ministry servicemen died in Chechnya in May, Interfax reported. According to the ministry, seven of the deaths were combat-related and three were non-combat. The ministry also reported that 28 soldiers were killed in Chechnya... MORE

Kavkazky Uzel reported that on July 5, a group of officials of the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI) held a press conference in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg. One of the participants, Seilam Bechaev, who is deputy chairman of the ChRI parliament, told... MORE

Shamil Basaev recently weighed in on the Olympic Games, warning that the security of athletes participating in the 2012 games could not be guaranteed were Moscow chosen as the Olympic venue. Asked by the Kavkazcenter to comment on Moscow's bid to host the 2012 Olympics,... MORE

The American Committee for Peace in Chechnya (ACPC) on June 30 called on Western governments and observers "to continue to speak with moral clarity on Chechnya during their talks with the Russian Federation," notably on the eve of the G-8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. The... MORE