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Militiaman wounded at shelling in Dagestan
In Batayurt village in Dagestan a car was shelled, and a militia master sergeant was wounded.
North Caucasus, Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
Incidents, Crime
Aug 26 2010, 22:10; CK correspondent
Rizvanov and Kurbanmagomedov who disappeared in Dagestan had been shadowed - details of kidnapping
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Three days before their kidnapping in Dagestan, Abubakar Rizvanov and Timur (Suleiman) Kurbanmagomedov, employees of the Media Centre "Khuda-Media", noticed that they were shadowed; the young men managed to make a video of the cars, which - as they thought - were pursuing them.
North Caucasus, Dagestan, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 19 2010, 20:00
Kidnappers of the son of "Rosneft" deputy head sentenced to 14 and 6 years
| The Gagarin Court of Moscow has found the Chechens Magomed Gorchkhanov and Zarema Dataeva guilty of kidnapping Maxim, son of Mikhail Stavskiy, deputy boss of the "Rosneft". |
Aug 19 2010, 12:00
25 terror acts committed against peaceful residents in Northern Caucasus in 15 months
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After May 15, 2009, when the first terrorist-suicide bomber blew himself up in Chechnya after cancellation of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, Northern Caucasus saw 25 terror acts against civilians committed in crowded places. As a result, at least 11 peaceful residents were lost and 159 more were wounded. From the start of 2010, 23 explosions were triggered and one terror act was committed by a suicide bomber.
North Caucasus, Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 18 2010, 14:00
Two Ingush residents kidnapped in Stavropol, their relatives assert
| On August 13 in Stavropol two residents of Ingushetia - Islam Evloev, 24, and Ahmed Gazdiev, 21, - were kidnapped; until now there whereabouts are unknown, their relatives assert. |
Aug 18 2010, 09:00
After lifting CTO regime in Chechnya, 22 suicide bombers blew themselves up in Northern Caucasus
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After May 15, 2009, when a suicide bomber blew himself up for the first time after cancellation of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime, as of today, under estimates of the "Caucasian Knot", the regions of Northern Caucasus saw 22 terror acts committed by suicide bombers. As a result of these explosions, 92 persons perished in total, and 414 more were wounded.
North Caucasus, Chechnya, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 17 2010, 16:00
Suicide bomber kills two militiamen in North Ossetia
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As a result of an explosion, committed today in the morning by a suicide bomber at the check point in the North-Ossetian-Ingush border, two militiamen were lost and three more wounded.
North Caucasus, Ingushetia, North Osetia - Alania, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 16 2010, 21:00
Hacker Saaev sentenced to 2.5 years for cracking official North-Caucasian websites
| The Supreme Court of Chechnya has sentenced Albert Saaev, who cracked official websites of the authorities of several republics of Northern Caucasus, to 2.5 years of high security colony for complicity to militants. |
Aug 16 2010, 18:00; CK correspondent
Split in "Imarat Kavkaz" evidences drop of Umarov's influence, experts believe
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A number of local experts believe that the statement of some field commanders about exit away from subordination to Dokku Umarov is a symptom of serious contradictions within the armed underground and an abrupt drop of the authority of the Amir of the Caucasus, as Umarov calls himself.
North Caucasus, Chechnya, Russia, North-Caucasian Federal District
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Aug 16 2010, 13:00
Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 9-15
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Dokku Umarov takes responsibility for terror acts despite the split in "Imarat Kavkaz"; Russia deploys "S-300" antiaircraft complexes in Abkhazia; kidnappings are incessant in Northern Caucasus, - look these and other events in the review of the week of August 9-15, 2010, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".
North Caucasus, Abkhazia, Ingushetia, South Caucasus, Georgia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Russia, Kabardino-Balkaria
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North Caucasus: Interview
- Frank Judd: "Situation in Chechnya affects not only locals, but the global community as a whole"
- Interview with Tom de Waal "I look optimistically at the problem of normalizing Armenian-Turkish relations, since societies change and people become more open for possible changes"
- Interview with Ethan Zuckerman (Berkman Center for Internet and Society)
North Caucasus: NGO Documents
- Statement by NSC Spokesman Mike Hammer: "Detention of Article 31 Rally Participants Raises Human Right Concerns"
- Statement of Lira Kozaeva - Tskhovrebova
- Appeal to the parties to the Geneva talks
- Parliamentary Human Rights Group (PHRG) Report, Chechnya Fact-Finding Mission
- Russian Federation: Mr. Oleg Orlov charged with criminal offence