Deputy Prosecutor-General for the Southern Federal District Nikolai Shepel announced on April 22 in Nalchik that Aslan Maskhadov's body had been buried in accordance with the law on terrorism and that "the burial place is not to be revealed," Itar-Tass reported. "Like with the graves... MORE

Andreas Gross, the Swiss parliamentarian who organized the roundtable on Chechnya held on March 21 in Strasbourg under the auspices of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of the Europe (PACE), said on March 26 that it was possible that Akhmed Zakaev, the London-based Chechen... MORE

The Sufi interpretation of Islam has been practiced in Chechnya since the end of the 18th century. The Sufism of the Naqshbandi tariqa (or brotherhood) was the first to make its way to Chechnya (by Sheikh Mansur, Imam Avko, Imam Tashu-Hadji and many others). In... MORE

"My goal is to return a smile to Chechnya." -- Ramzan Kadyrov, as quoted in Moskovsky komosomolets on April 26. "The ‘Kadyrov Jr.' project has been going on for almost a year. Judging by formal indications, it is going as well as possible. The formations... MORE

Kavkazky Uzel reported on May 2 that a large-scale battle took place between a group of rebel fighters and a federal military unit in Chechnya's Nozhai-Yurt district, which is located in the southeastern part of the republic. A source in the federal command told the... MORE

Relations between the authorities in Chechnya and Dagestan continued to founder last week, with Chechen First Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov claiming in an interview published on April 29 in Komsomolskaya pravda that Shamil Basaev is hiding out in Dagestan. Kadyrov told the newspaper that... MORE

Police in Dagestan reported on May 3 that they had found evidence of plans to organize attacks against Dagestani officials in the homes of three detained militants. A source in the Makhachkala police headquarters told Itar-Tass that while searching the home of Magomed Kuramagomedov, they... MORE

A gun battle between police and suspected Islamic militants took place in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, on April 29, when a police patrol stopped a car for a document check. Kavkazky Uzel quoted an "informed source" as saying that the car was stopped near... MORE

The authorities in Ingushetia on April 30 broke up a demonstration in Nazran by President Murat Zyazikov's political opponents. The oppositionists had vowed to go ahead with the protest despite the fact that Nazran Mayor Sultan Sultygov had on April 29 refused to grant the... MORE

The assassination of Aslan Maskhadov was received in Moscow with an outburst of triumph and relief: "Well, now no one in Russia or the West will pester us with pleas to hold talks, as there is no one with whom to conduct them." The job... MORE