North Caucasus

Police in Russia’s Urals Ask for N.Caucasus Name List

16:32 23/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti)

Police in Russia’s Urals city of Chelyabinsk have requested information on North Caucasus pupils in a local school that could be part of an unfolding campaign against ethnic crimes.

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Two Police Die in Ingushetia Car Blast
11:42 28/04/2012
Two policemen were killed and one injured when a police car was blown up on Saturday just outside the town of Malgobek in Russia's southern republic of Ingushetia, a local investigators said.
Dagestan Journalist Charged with Setting up Armed Group
18:42 27/04/2012
Prosecutors of Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan confirmed on Friday that journalist Kamil Magomedov, detained last month, has been charged with setting up an illegal armed group.
Militant Killed in Security Sweep in Dagestan
10:06 08/04/2012
A suspected militant was killed in a security operation in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan, the regional investigative department said on Sunday.
Dagestan Policeman on Murder Charge
11:57 06/04/2012
A policeman has been accused of killing an elderly shepherd in the North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan, investigators said on Friday.
Six Gunmen Killed in Russia’s N.Caucasus
15:12 12/03/2012
Six militants were killed in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, a law enforcement source said on Monday.
Five Killed as Special Forces Thwart Robbery
12:37 29/02/2012
Five members of a criminal gang were killed after special forces thwarted a robbery attempt in the town of Khimki near Moscow in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.
Russian Press - Behind the Headlines, February 15
15:20 15/02/2012
Government Considers Raising Taxes, Insurance Contributions / Security Forces Kill Islamist Militant Leader
Russian Terror Crimes Down by 50% in 2011 - FSB Chief
12:29 15/02/2012
The number of terrorism-related crimes in Russia halved to 365 in 2011 from 779 in 2010, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Wednesday.
Kidnapped Athlete Kills Abductor
19:46 26/01/2012
The abduction of a weightlifting instructor went awry this week in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan when the victim broke free and killed one of his kidnappers.
Russian Military to Beef Up Special Forces in N. Caucasus
18:48 26/01/2012
The Russian Defense Ministry will deploy additional units of Special Forces (spetsnaz) to the North Caucasus to strengthen security in the region, the ministry said on Thursday.
Chechen Leader Kadyrov Denies Political Ambitions
01:20 24/01/2012
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov told journalists he had no plans of making further political career and seek higher posts.
Senior security official killed in Russia’s North Caucasus
04:18 18/12/2011
A senior Federal Security Service official has killed in a house attack in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, a Russian Investigative Commitee spokesman said.
Investigator killed near his house in Russia’s Dagestan
03:32 14/12/2011
Unknown suspects killed an investigator on early Wednesday in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, a local police spokesman said.
Russian Press - Behind the Headlines, November 16
17:23 16/11/2011
Investors converge on the Caucasus / Audit Chamber slams inadequate spending on high-tech medicine / Putin faces dwindling support
Two police officers killed in Dagestan
05:37 02/11/2011
Two police officers were killed in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, the Investigative Committee reported.
Policeman shot dead in North Caucasus
10:59 29/10/2011
At least one police officer has been killed in fighting in Karachaevo-Cherkessia, in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus, officials say.
Medvedev blasts anti-Caucasus sentiment
20:33 20/10/2011
Russians who demand an end to subsidies to Russia's North Caucasus regions are either not very smart or provocateurs, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.1
Reporters Without Borders says no press freedom in N.Caucasus
17:38 20/10/2011
Reporters Without Borders, an international journalist rights association, criticized the lack of free press in the Russian Caucasus republics in its report on Thursday.
Three dead in Nalchik gas boiler explosion
15:34 18/10/2011
Three bodies have been found at the site of an explosion in a gas heating station in Nalchik, in the Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, the regional emergencies ministry said on Tuesday.

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