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KREMLIN PLAN TO MERGE ADYGEYA MEETS UNEXPECTED OBSTACLE

On April 4, the second session of the newly elected parliament of Adygeya, a region in the western section of the North Caucasus, ended abruptly when President Khasret Sovmen announced his resignation. The Adygei leader had come to parliament to observe the process to select... MORE

Jihadi Forums Marvel at New Role of Snipers

The periodic success of mujahideen snipers in Iraq has been stimulating the imagination of jihadist forum readers, and this has taken the form of a number of video productions. A high-quality, 15-minute example of the genre, entitled Qannas Baghdad ("The Sniper of Baghdad") was circulated... MORE

AGREEMENTS SIGNED ON RUSSIAN MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM GEORGIA

On Friday, March 31, Georgia's First Deputy Defense Minister, Mamuka Kudava, and Russia's Ground Forces Commander-in-Chief, Colonel-General Alexei Maslov, signed a set of agreements on the withdrawal of Russian forces from the Batumi and Akhalkalaki bases and other Russian military installations in Georgia. The agreements... MORE

RUSSIAN-KAZAKH “STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP” LACKS EXCLUSIVITY

Russia has long considered Kazakhstan to be its main partner in Central Asia, but the Kazakh leadership seems to be seeking ways to hedge its bets by building an alternative partnership with China. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's official visit to Russia April 3-5 is billed... MORE

Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq: Fact or Fiction?

In a statement released on March 23, the newly-formed Mujahideen Shura Council (MSC) in Iraq announced that on the previous day a combatant from the "Abu Dujana al-Ansari Brigade" (a unit affiliated to any one of the seven insurgent organizations comprising the MSC) detonated a... MORE