Latest Articles about The Caucasus
Military Action Underway Across the Northeast Caucasus
For the first time in recent years, joint military and police operations targeting fighters of the armed resistance are underway simultaneously in all three republics of the Northeast Caucasus: Dagestan, the Chechen Republic and Ingushetia. The operation in Chechnya involves the troops from the defense... MORE
Top Investigator Murdered in Dagestan
The deputy head of the investigative committee of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office in Dagestan, Seifudin Kaziakhmedov, was shot dead in Dagestan’s capital Makhachkala on May 21. Agence France-Presse reported that he was shot six times by an unknown assailant in broad daylight. The Moscow... MORE
Memorial: Growing Number of Young Chechens Joining Rebels
The Memorial human rights group says that pressure by law enforcement bodies in Chechnya on youth in the republic has only increased since Russian President Dmitry Medvedev officially announced an end to the ten-year-long counter-terrorist operation in the republic last month, and that this pressure... MORE
Fighting Continues in Ingushetia and Chechnya after Authorities Launch Joint Operation
Kavkazky Uzel on May 21 quoted law enforcement officials as saying that a winter base for Chechen rebels had been destroyed between the settlements of Neftyanoe and Eshilkhatoi in the mountains of Chechnya’s southeastern Vedeno district, while another large rebel base was discovered on the... MORE
Radical Opposition Threatens to Disrupt Georgian Transportation
Attendance at opposition rallies in Tbilisi has dwindled to a trickle, with only a few hundred protesters manning round-the-clock pickets for a standard fee of 30 Lari, plus food rations per night. The intention to bring opposition protesters to Tbilisi from the countryside has failed... MORE
Belarus Participates in Eastern Partnership Inauguration
On May 7, in Prague, the Eastern Partnership Project (EPP) was initiated with the participation of Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Belarus. Perhaps reflecting a response to the concerns of several European leaders, Belarus was not represented by President Alyaksandr Lukashenka or Prime Minister... MORE
Ankara Seeks Russian Support in Normalizing its Relations with Armenia
On May 16 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Moscow and met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, as part of Ankara's ongoing efforts to normalize its relations with Armenia. Reportedly Putin and Erdogan discussed finding a sustainable solution to the Karabakh issue as... MORE
The North Caucasus Remains Combustible
Events in the North Caucasus today are still closely tied to the boundaries established in the 19th century, when the natives’ resistance to the Russian Empire was channeled into two essentially independent movements - one in the northeast Caucasus (Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan) and one... MORE
Briefs
Strasbourg Court Orders Russia to Pay Chechens CompensationThe European Court of Human Rights ordered Russia on May 14 to pay 104,000 euros ($141,000) in compensation to the relatives of two people who were abducted or killed in Chechnya, RIA Novosti reported. The court ordered Russia... MORE
Someone Claiming to be Slain Vostok Commander Declares Vendetta against Kadyrov
The murder of former Vostok battalion commander Sulim Yamadaev took what the Moscow Times on May 14 called an “odd twist” this past week when someone claiming to be Sulim Yamadaev, who was murdered in Dubai on March 28, telephoned a Muslim cleric based in... MORE