North Caucasus
Accused Russian War Criminal Killed in Moscow as Violence Continues in North Caucasus
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June 11, 2011Former Russian army colonel Yury Budanov, who was convicted in 2003 of strangling to death an 18-year-old Chechen girl, Elza Kungaeva, while serving as a tank commander in Chechnya in 2000, was murdered today (June 10) in Moscow. Investigators said the...
In a New Trend for the North Caucasus, Dagestani Muslims Organize Civil Protests
June 06, 2011On June 1-2, Russia’s Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights held a conference in Makhachkala, Dagestan. The heated discussions at the conference indicated the enormous explosiveness of the situation in the republic...
Bin Laden’s death won’t affect North Caucasus militants
May 04, 2011Although Russian analysts divide on whether the death of Osama bin Laden will lead to a new spike in terrorist acts around the world, those who have expressed an opinion so far are nearly unanimous that the passing of the Al Qaeda leader will have little...
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...
Is Karachaevo-Cherkessia the next North Caucasus hot spot?
March 04, 2011The surprise visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Vladikavkaz on February 22, 2010 (www.rian.ru/politics/20110222/337349132.html) clearly shows how complicated the situation is in the region. The choice of cities in the North Caucasus where the...
Moscow launches military buildup in the North Caucasus to safeguard Sochi Olympics
February 24, 2011On February 17, the Memorial human rights center, the only Russian civil organization that closely monitors the situation in the North Caucasus, published data on attacks against the Russian law enforcement agencies and the army in the volatile region...
Caucasus Islamic rebel leader claims responsibility for airport bombing
February 08, 2011An Islamic rebel leader in Russia's North Caucasus region claims he ordered last month's suicide bombing at a busy Moscow airport, killing 35 people. Doku Umarov makes the claim in a video posted Monday on an Islamic rebel website. The veteran Chechen...
Airport attack shows Russian government’s failure to provide a clear road map to a safer future
February 01, 2011On January 29, Vladimir Markin, the spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee, announced that investigators had determined the identity of the perpetrator of the bombing of Domodedovo airport in Moscow, which took place on January 24. According...
Russia’s liberals must reclaim the nationality issue from radicals
December 23, 2010By Paul Goble Russia’s liberals have ceded issues like migration and the violence in the North Caucasus to the nationalists by failing to address them openly and honestly and to offer programs for their resolution, a shortcoming that has helped...
How Moscow might re-divide the North Caucasus before letting part of it go
December 22, 2010By Paul Goble Even Russians who are now talking about the need to let the North Caucasus go are suggesting that the borders of some or all of the existing non-Russian republics need to be changed to protect the ethnic Russian communities who still...