Ingushetia
Russia 'kills 17 North Caucasus militants'
March 30, 2011Russian forces have killed 17 rebels and destroyed an important militant base during an operation in the volatile North Caucasus, officials say. An air strike by helicopters assisted special forces in the raid in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, Russia...
Russian security services launch wave of arrests in Ingushetia after Moscow airport bombing
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March 10, 2011On March 4, Russia’s security services reported they managed to kill one of the leaders of Ingushetia’s insurgency, 30 year old Khamzat Korigov. Initially, the government sources said Korigov had detonated a bomb when the security agents surrounded...
The capture of magas may prove to be more of a challenge than a triumph for the Kremlin
June 15, 2010by Valery Dzutsev On June 9, Russian news agencies broke the news about the capture in Malgobek, Ingushetia, of the military commander of the Caucasus Emirate, nicknamed Emir Magas (RIA Novosti, June 9). Such a high-ranking leader of the North Caucasus...
Chechnya far from peaceful and far less under Russian control
April 15, 2010By Paul Goble Tomorrow, the Chechen authorities will celebrate the first anniversary of the end of the Russian “counter-terrorist operation” (KTO) there not because Chechnya has become less violent during the intervening months –...
A short history of suicide attacks in the North Caucasus
April 06, 2010By Mairbek Vatchagaev Suicide attacks in Moscow are part of an upsurge in attacks by North Caucasus militants Unfortunately, the terrorist attacks committed in the Moscow metro early in the morning of March 29 were not the first and there is no...
Russia: Suicide bomber kills 2 in Ingushetia, North Caucasus
April 05, 2010A suicide bomber in Russia's North Caucasus has struck a local police headquarters, killing two police officers and wounding at least three others in the republic of Ingushetia. The Russian Interior Ministry says the bomber attacked police headquarters...
Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov claims Moscow metro blasts
April 01, 2010In a new video posted to an Islamist website, Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov claims responsibility for two suicide bombings on the Moscow metro system that killed at least 39 people. The video (below) was posted today on YouTube by kavkazcenter.com...
Medvedev and Putin pay surprise visits to the North Caucasus
March 03, 2010By Valery Dzutsev The North Caucasus receives unprecedented attention from Russian leaders On March 1, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made an unannounced brisk visit to the North Caucasus. In the North Ossetian town of Beslan, Putin met the head of...
New Georgian War Could Destroy Russia
August 12, 2009By Paul Goble A new war with Georgia, something Russian officials and commentators are increasingly talking about, could have the same impact on the Russian Federation that the invasion of Afghanistan had on the USSR, according to Yuliya Latynina,...
'Such People Are The First To Be Killed'
July 16, 2009By Aleksandr Cherkasov Natasha Estemirova was grabbed as she was leaving her apartment building in Grozny on July 15 and bundled into a white car. She just had time to yell out that she was being kidnapped. A few hours later, her body was found in...