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News of the Week
highlighting the security dimension in the region


 

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Updates on urgent developments in the region

Kremlin urges Caucasus leaders to back new envoy
The Washington Post, 01/26/2010
Ukraine must not forcibly extradite Chechen man to Russia
Amnesty International USA, 01/14/2010
Russian officials beheaded in N. Caucasus-Ifax
Reuters, 11/24/2009
Freedom House: Estemirova Murderers Must Be Brought to Justice
Freedom House, 07/16/2009
Natalya Estemirova, a voice for justice is silenced in Chechnya
ACPC, 07/15/2009
Human Rights
in Europe

News about the Council of Europe, European Court of Human Rights, and European Union

Russia seeks to suppress UN secret prisons report
Associated Press, 02/19/2010
CASE OF IRISKHANOVA AND IRISKHANOV v. RUSSIA
European Court of Human Rights, 02/18/2010
Strasbourg court rules against Russia in 3 Chechen disappearances
RIA Novosti, 02/12/2010
The PACE Bureau not to discuss situationin the Northern Caucasus - Kosachev
Itar-Tass, 01/25/2010
HRW Says Rights Defenders Being Increasingly Targeted By Abusive Governments
RFE/RL, 01/20/2010
Freedom House
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Chechnya

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  • From Chechnya, a cautionary tale
    The Boston Globe, 03/11/2010
  • 10 suspects held in Russia train bombing
    Reuters, 03/10/2010
  • Russia urges Sweden to extradite Chechen "bandits"
    Reuters, 03/09/2010
  • Sweden helping Chechen 'bandits': Russia
    The Local, 03/09/2010
  • Fate of Chechen resident who disappeared in Ingushetia still unknown
    Caucasian Knot, 03/09/2010
  • Chechen residents treat Bastrykin's idea to fingerprint all NCFD residents differently
    Caucasian Knot, 03/08/2010
  • Five Years After Maskhadov's Death, Situation In North Caucasus Remains Complex
    RFE/RL, 03/07/2010
  • Inaction, Stigma Fuel Chechnya's TB Epidemic
    RFE/RL, 03/06/2010

Ingushetia

(map)
  • U.S. raises rights concerns in Russian North Caucasus
    Reuters, 03/11/2010
  • 10 Arrested in Nevsky Express Bombing
    The Moscow Times, 03/10/2010
  • Ten suspects held in Russia train bombing
    Reuters, 03/10/2010
  • Russia: Arrests in Fatal Train Bombing
    The New York Times, 03/10/2010
  • In Ingushetia, Pliev's relatives, who failed to find him in SIZO of Pyatigorsk, resume picket
    Caucasian Knot, 03/09/2010
  • Russia Confirms Killing of Militant Leader in Raid
    The New York Times, 03/07/2010
  • Russian 'Bin Laden' killed by Moscow's special forces
    Telegraph, 03/07/2010
  • Russian forces kill eight, find train attack clues
    AFP, 03/06/2010

Dagestan

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  • Staff of Dagestani weekly on trial for extremism in Russia
    Committee to Protect Journalists, 03/10/2010
  • Russia’s Terror-Fighting Trains Back on the Rails
    Wired.com, 03/03/2010
  • Reports Of Torture Trigger Protests In Daghestan
    RFE/RL, 03/03/2010
  • In Dagestan, head of independent militiamen's union fined for coming to rally
    Caucasian Knot, 03/03/2010
  • Five Arrested In Killing Of Daghestan's Interior Minister
    RFE/RL, 02/26/2010
  • 5 Held in Slaying of Dagestan's Interior Minister
    The Moscow Times, 02/26/2010
  • Two police officers killed in Russia's Dagestan
    RIA Novosti, 02/22/2010
  • Russia's Dagestan head to pardon repentant rebels
    Reuters, 02/20/2010

Other

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  • Kremlin says police reform needed in violent south
    Reuters, 03/27/2010
  • Valery Etezov, suspected of attacking power agents, shot dead in Nalchik
    Caucasian Knot, 03/08/2010
  • Ebzeev liquidates office of government of Karachai-Circassia
    Caucasian Knot, 02/27/2010
  • Beslan child killed in blast that injures two others
    BBC, 02/22/2010
  • Blast in Russian town of Beslan kills girl: report
    Washington Post, 02/22/2010
  • Karachai-Circassia: militia major accused of beating detainee to death
    Caucasian Knot, 02/11/2010
  • Unified Circassia Said No Threat to Russia, But a Divided One Could Be
    RIA Novosti, 01/26/2010
  • Russian opposition newspaper comes under hacker attack
    RIA Novosti, 01/26/2010
Go to the News Archive
Analysis
Human Rights Activist Kovalyov On Slow Progress In Russia
RFE/RL
03/08/2010
Global jihad creeping into Russia's insurgency
Reuters
03/04/2010
Dagestan: Russia's Most Overlooked Hot Spot
Foreign Policy
02/09/2010
Is Ramzan Kadyrov's Star On The Wane?
RFE/RL
02/01/2010
Political Uncertainty Grips a Russian Republic
The New York Times
01/30/2010
Beyond the Kremlin's reach
The Economist
01/28/2010
Can Medvedev's New Vision Bring Stability To The North Caucasus?
RFE/RL
01/26/2010
ACPC Materials
ACPC Exclusive Interview with Magomed Mutsolgov, Director of the Human Rights Organization “Mashr” in Ingushetia
Conducted by ACPC
"The Yevkurov Experiment: An assessment of Ingushetia president’s first year in office"
Written by ACPC
ACPC Interview with Ekaterina Sokirianskaia,"Memorial" North Caucasus Expert
Conducted by ACPC
Interview with Lyudmila Alexeyeva, the Chair of Moscow Helsinki Group
Conducted by ACPC
Press
Freedom House
Ombudsman Statements Reflect Culture of Intimidation in Chechnya
Freedom House
01/15/2010
Freedom House: Estemirova Murderers Must Be Brought to Justice
Freedom House
07/15/2009
Russia Urged to Rein in Kadyrov as Families of Chechen Rebels Targeted
Freedom House
06/01/2009
Chechnya Still Vulnerable as Kadyrov Consolidates Power
Freedom House
04/17/2009
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