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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

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 > Crime, Human rights

Abubakar Rizvanov, a resident of Makhachkala and Director of the "Khuda-Media" Medium Centre, who disappeared on August 20 in Dagestan
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".

North Caucasus, Chechnya, Russia > Society, Crime

Aug 19 2010, 12:00

25 terror acts committed against peaceful residents in Northern Caucasus in 15 months

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 > Terror acts in Moscow and Caucasus, Crime, Conflicts

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.

North Caucasus, Ingushetia > Human rights, Society, Crime

Aug 18 2010, 09:00

After lifting CTO regime in Chechnya, 22 suicide bombers blew themselves up in Northern Caucasus

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 > Society, Crime, Terror acts in Moscow and Caucasus

Aug 17 2010, 16:00

Suicide bomber kills two militiamen in North Ossetia

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 > Terror acts in Moscow and Caucasus, Incidents, Crime

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.

North Caucasus, Chechnya, Russia > Crime, Society

Aug 16 2010, 18:00; CK correspondent

Split in "Imarat Kavkaz" evidences drop of Umarov's influence, experts believe

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 > Conflicts

Aug 16 2010, 13:00

Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of August 9-15

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 > Politics, Society, Conflicts

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