The North Caucasus Federal District remains unstable in terms of security and the situation in the region continues to be complicated, Dmitry Medvedev says. “The situation in the district is rather complicated. We need to admit that it has barely improved,” the Russian president said at a meeting on measures to ensure stability in the volatile region.
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Russia: Police officer killed in attack
September 2nd, 2010 |
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Suspected militants shot dead a police officer in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia early on Thursday, a law enforcement source told RIA Novosti.
The source said the officer was killed when unknown assailants armed with automatic weapons broke into the territory of his home in the volatile republic’s Sunzhensky district.
Ten militants die in the north Caucasus
August 28th, 2010 |
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Russian special forces have killed ten insurgents during two operations in the north Caucasus. Five died during a siege in Nalchik, the regional capital of Kabardino Balkaria. The city has been on lockdown overnight.
Car-bomb injures dozens in North Caucasus
August 18th, 2010 |
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Dozens of people were injured when a car-bomb exploded at a crowded cafe in a popular Russian holiday city. The explosion in Pyatigorsk was the second bloody attack within a number of hours in Russia’s North Caucasus.
Putin sets out new strategy for N. Caucasus
July 6th, 2010 |
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has outlined new initiatives to boost economic development in the restive North Caucasus, RFE/RL reports. Russia is fighting a growing Islamist insurgency in the region fueled by poverty, unemployment and corruption.
Russia: 5 militants, 4 police officers killed
June 16th, 2010 |
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At least five militants and four police officers were killed during a police sweep in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Wednesday.
Four more officers were injured during the operation, which took place in the Kostek village in Dagestan’s Khasavyurt region.
Russia captures suspected Islamist leader
June 10th, 2010 |
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Russia has arrested a suspected militant leader, accused of staging terror attacks that have left hundreds dead in its troubled Muslim North Caucasus. Ali Taziyev is said to be one of the key figures in an envisaged Caucasus Emirate, seeking to create a state under Sharia law, independent from Russia.
Prosecutor shot dead in North Caucasus
May 21st, 2010 |
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A local deputy prosecutor has been shot dead in Russia’s republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, the latest victim of ongoing violence in the North Caucasus. The Russian Prosecutor-General’s Office says two unidentified gunmen shot the official several times at point-blank range late on May 20, killing him on the spot.
Eight killed in attack in Daghestan
May 13th, 2010 |
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Eight people were reported killed in an attack in Russia’s restive North Caucasus republic of Daghestan today. Most of the victims were believed to be workers sent to repair a mobile-phone tower, south of the regional capital, Makhachkala, which had come under attack by gunmen overnight.
12 dead in explosions in Russia’s N. Caucasus
March 31st, 2010 |
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At least 12 people were dead and many more wounded after a series of suicide bombings Wednesday morning in Russia’s North Caucasus region. This was reported by the Interfax news agency reported, citing Russia’s Interior Ministry.
Terror in Moscow
March 29th, 2010 |
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Fearing the wider consequences of a bomb attack on the Moscow metro
TWO terrorist bombers on the Moscow metro killed at least 37 people and injured 102 in the morning rush hour on Monday March 29th. The first explosion, which killed 22 people and injured 12, struck just before 8am at the Lubyanka metro station, a few hundred feet from the Kremlin and next to the headquarters of the Federal Security Services, the successor to the KGB. The second bomb went off at Park Kultury, by the main circular road in central Moscow, killing at least 15.
The Russian security services said two female suicide bombers from the north Caucasus were responsible. The bombs might have been operated with the use of mobile phones, which work unhindered in the Moscow metro. Russia’s emergency services appeared to be working in an orderly and co-ordinated way, cordoning off only the areas immediately affected by the explosions. Other metro lines remained open, with trains running regularly. There was a striking absence of panic in the capital, but no immediate sense of public numbness; ordinary commuters went on with their daily routines. …
Security forces kill four rebels in Ingushetia
March 2nd, 2010 |
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Russian media reports say security forces have killed four suspected rebels in a clash in the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia. Security forces surrounded rebel hideouts in a village close to Nazran, the region’s largest city, and opened fire when the rebels refused to surrender. Four rebels were killed.
Suspected militants kill two in Ingushetia
February 9th, 2010 |
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Militants have shot dead two people, including a policeman, in Ingushetia, part of Russia’s volatile North Caucasus region. Police said the two men died of gunshot wounds on February 7 after suspected militants in a car shot them at point blank range.
Police chief among 16 dead in Russia Caucasus violence
February 6th, 2010 |
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The police chief of the southern Russian city of Makhachkala was shot dead in his car on Friday, one of 16 people killed in a string of attacks in the mainly Muslim North Caucasus. At least six insurgents and five Russian troops were killed in gun battles in the mountains of Chechnya,
Islamists claim Russia train bomb
December 2nd, 2009 |
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A North Caucasus Islamist group has claimed responsibility for a bomb that killed 26 people on a Moscow-to-St Petersburg train, a website says. The website claim on Kavkazcenter.com said last Friday’s attack was carried out by the “Caucasian Mujahadeen” on the orders of its leader, Doku Umarov.
Some 20 militants killed in Chechnya – Kadyrov
November 14th, 2009 |
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Some 20 militants were killed in a special operation on Friday, the president of the volatile North Caucasus republic of Chechnya said. “Up to 20 militants were killed. Many bodies cannot be identified because of mutilation,” said Ramzan Kadyrov, who commanded the special operation.
Blast at cemetery in Dagestan kills three
November 13th, 2009 |
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Three people were killed in an explosion at a village cemetery in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Friday, a police spokesman said. “Three people were killed when a homemade explosive device went off at a cemetery in the village of Gubden,” the spokesman said.
Blast at cemetery in Dagestan kills three
November 13th, 2009 |
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Three people were killed in an explosion at a village cemetery in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Friday, a police spokesman said. “Three people were killed when a homemade explosive device went off at a cemetery in the village of Gubden,” the spokesman said.
Russian police kill 4 gunmen in N. Caucasus
October 19th, 2009 |
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Four suspected militants were killed, several detained and a terrorist attack prevented in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus regions overnight. Police killed three gunmen in a shootout in Dagestan’s Khasavyurt region bordering Chechnya. The shooting broke out during a routine document check, when men inside the car opened fire and were killed by return fire, local police said on Monday.
Violence flares up in North Caucasus
September 13th, 2009 |
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Attacks in the volatile North Caucasus are the latest deadly episode in a wave of violence to hit the region. In Dagestan, Russian security forces killed four suspected Islamist rebels in heavy fighting as insurgents continue to challenge Kremlin rule.