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

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

Kavkazky Uzel reported on November 23 tank commander that Col. Viktor Kindeyev testified on November 22 in the trial of Nurpashi Kulaev, the sole living Beslan hostage-taker to be put on trial, that he commanded the three T-72 tanks that arrived in the town on... MORE

The federal Prosecutor General's Office on November 21 sent the Moscow City Court the criminal case involving the July 2004 murder of Forbes Russia editor Paul Klebnikov, RIA Novosti reported. According to prosecutors, the murder was carried out by an organized crime group made up... MORE

Chechen State Council Chairman Taus Dzhabrailov filed suit against Novaya gazeta in Moscow's Basmanny Court on November 21, demanding that it retract information contained in an article published in the bi-weekly's November 17 issue. The article, written by Anna Politkovskaya, was headlined: "A zindan for... MORE

Chechen Election Commission head Ismail Baikhanov said on November 17 that preparations for the republic's parliamentary elections on November 27 were virtually complete. Baikhanov told reporters in Grozny that the lists of those eligible to vote had been completed and comprised 596,000 people, including approximately... MORE

Interfax reported on November 21 that representatives of some 20 human rights and youth organizations as well as Grozny college students were holding a demonstration in downtown Grozny to protest the killing of local residents in the villages of Staraya Sunzha and Starye Atagi by... MORE

Chechnya's parliamentary elections took place on November 27. As predicted, the pro-Kremlin United Russia party swept the contest. Citing Chechnya's election commission, Interfax reported on November 29 that with the votes of 306 of the republic's 430 election precincts counted, United Russia won 60.38 percent... MORE

Chechen President Alu Alkhanov said on November 28 that he would like to meet with supporters of the late rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov. "I plan to go to Brussels, where I wish to meet with leaders of Maskhadov's regime," RIA Novosti quoted Alkhanov as telling... MORE