Dagestani Interior Minster Adilgerei Magomedtagirov told reporters in Makhachkala on October 25 that three rebels—Gadzhimagomed Ismailov, Murad Lazkhiyalov and Makhach Rasulov—had been killed in a special operation conducted by security forces in the Dagestani capital, the Regnum news agency reported. On October 24, Dagestani law... MORE

Vakhid Murdashev, one of the four associates of Aslan Maskhadov who were with the late Chechen separatist leader when he was killed last March 8 in the village of Tolstoi-Yurt and are now being tried by the Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic, told the... MORE

Chechen rebel leader Abdul-Khalim Sadulaev issued a decree on October 25 restructuring the separatist government's ministries. The decree, which was posted on the separatist Chechenpress website, was aimed at "making more effective the work of ministries and agencies temporarily located outside the Chechen Republic of... MORE

The attack on Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, on October 13 again demonstrated the unpredictability of the Chechen or, more accurately, Caucasian insurgency. When Chechen separatist leader Abdul-Khalim Sadulaev in May issued a decree establishing the Caucasian front, independent observers and Russian security officials alike... 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

Police officers in Dagestan's Levashi district on November 10 discovered five large explosive devices in a house in the village of Okhli. Citing the press office of the local Interior Ministry department, the Regnum news agency reported that the devices were found in the house... MORE