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Latest Articles about North Caucasus
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Kadyrov Says Kremlin Ordered Him to Hunt Rebels in Ingushetia
Russian news agencies reported today that Ingushetia's president, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, who was severely wounded on June 22 when a suicide bomber detonated a car near his motorcade in Nazran, remains in critical condition in a Moscow hospital. Meanwhile, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov says he has... MORE
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Attack on Yevkurov Shows Moscow no Longer Controls Events in the North Caucasus
In the latest in an escalating series of attacks in the North Caucasus, a car carrying the president of Ingushetia, Yunus Bek-Yevkurov, was blown up on June 22. An estimated 70 kilograms of explosives detonated as the president's motorcade was passing by in Nazran, the... MORE
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Rights Group: Chechen Students Deported from Egypt Face Torture
The son of a top Chechen rebel commander was reportedly among six students from Russia who were supposed to be deported from Egypt on June 18. According to Western media reports, two of the six, including Maskhud Abdullaev, son of rebel commander Supyan Abdullaev, did... MORE
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Having Previously Declared Victory, Kadyrov Wants Rebels Crushed in 2 Weeks
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has claimed repeatedly over the last several years that the republic's rebels have all but been wiped out. However, since the counter-terrorist operation was officially ended in April, authorities in Chechnya and neighboring Ingushetia have had to launch a number of... MORE
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Religious Figure and Ex-Republican Vice Premier Killed in Ingushetia
A well-known religious figure and former republican deputy prime minister have been killed in the latest wave of violence in Ingushetia, in which several soldiers and policemen have also been killed and wounded.On June 16, Kavkazsky Uzel quoted sources in Ingushetia's Interior Ministry as saying... MORE
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Tensions Flare in a Kabardino-Balkaria Resort Populated by the Balkar Minority
On June 12 hundreds of protesters in the Elbrus district of Kabardino-Balkaria blocked the highway that connects this mountainous resort region with the republic's lowlands. The protestors were current and former tourist industry employees demanding shares in a tourist company, a just distribution of land... MORE
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North Caucasus Hit by Wave of High-Profile Assassinations
Reports from the North Caucasus suggest that the region's armed resistance movement remains highly active and - given the news of several high-profile assassinations in the region this past week - may even be stepping up its activities.On June 5, the 53-year old Interior Minister... MORE
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No Let Up in Insurgent Attacks in the North Caucasus
The armed underground Islamist movement in Dagestan, the Sharia Jamaat, has claimed responsibility for the June 5 assassination of the republic's Interior Minister, Adilgerei Magomedtagirov. The Sharia Jamaat posted a relatively short initial claim on its website on June 9, in which it said that... MORE
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Kadyrov Claims Umarov Gravely Wounded, Accuses U.S. of Subversion
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov claimed on June 10 that the leader of the armed Islamic separatist movement in the North Caucasus, Dokka Umarov, was wounded earlier this month during a special operation conducted along the Chechen-Ingush administrative border. "It can be said with a large... MORE
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Deputy Chairperson of Ingushetia’s Supreme Court Murdered
President Dmitry Medvedev traveled to Dagestan on June 9 and vowed to fight extremism in the North Caucasus just four days after the assassination of the republic's interior minister, Adilgerei Magomedtagirov, at a wedding ceremony in the capital Makhachkala (EDM, June 9). However, attacks apparently... MORE