• Assailants open fire on police in southern Russia, wounding 1
    AP (IHT), 30 September 2006.

  • NATO Urges Russia, Georgia To Calm Tensions
    RFE/RL, 29 September 2006.

  • Russia Recalls Envoy to Georgia
    Washington Post, 29 September 2006.

  • Russia Goes on the Defensive
    Kommersant, 29 September 2006.

  • Moscow Seeks UN Help in Georgia
    Moscow Times, 29 September 2006.

  • Moscow recalls Georgia envoy in 'spy' rift
    Financial Times, 29 September 2006.

  • Chechen Premier Mobilizes Support
    RFE/RL, 29 September 2006.

  • Danish Refugee Council North Caucasus Mission Report - Jul 2006
    DRC (ReliefWeb), 29 September 2006.

  • Russian Fed. - Chechnya: "Tomatoes kept me alive during the war - now I can help others to survive"
    ECHO (ReliefWeb), 28 September 2006.

  • Three people abducted in Serzhen-Yurt
    Prague Watchdog, 28 September 2006.

  • Tension between Russia and Georgia sours NATO meeting
    AP (IHT), 28 September 2006.

  • Tensions Between Russia, Georgia Heat Up
    AP (New York Times), 28 September 2006.

  • Russia-Georgia 'spy' row deepens
    BBC, 28 September 2006.

  • Assailants open fire on Russian police convoy in Chechnya, killing 1 officer, wounding another
    AP (International Herald Tribune), 28 September 2006.

  • Amnesty International Challenges Rights Defender’s Arrest in Russia
    MosNews, 28 September 2006.

  • Georgia Accuses 4 Russians of Spying
    Moscow Times, 28 September 2006.

  • Georgia's Detention Of 'Spies' Angers Russia
    RFE/RL, 28 September 2006.

  • Pro-Moscow Chechen Kadyrov Blasts Russian Authorities, Mulls Presidency
    MosNews, 28 September 2006.

  • Handy Anti-Americanism (Commentary)
    Moscow Times, 28 September 2006.

  • Russia Stands Firm on 2-Term Presidents
    AP (Washington Post), 27 September 2006.

  • Hostage-taking still rife in Chechnya
    Prague Watchdog, 27 September 2006.

  • Georgia: Strong political will needed to eradicate domestic violence
    Amnesty International Press Release, 25 September 2006.
    Report Georgia: Thousands suffering in silence: Violence against women in the family

  • Pro-Kremlin Leader Reports 23 Abducted in Chechnya in 2006
    MosNews, 27 September 2006.

  • Officials Reject Referendum On Putin Third Term
    RFE/RL, 27 September 2006.

  • It's Tough to Amnesty the Militants
    Moscow Times, 27 September 2006.

  • Caucasus to Get $1Bln in Investment
    Moscow Times, 26 September 2006.

  • Imam Shot Dead In Southern Russia
    RFE/RL, 26 September 2006.

  • Kondopoga Chechens Move Out
    Moscow Times, 25 September 2006.

  • Breakaway Provinces Spark War of Words
    Moscow Times, 25 September 2006.

  • O chem molchit i govorit senator Torshin
    Novaya Gazeta, 25 September 2006. (Russian)

  • Independence Day Address by President Umarov
    ChechenPress, 25 September 2006.

  • North Caucasus Lawmaker Killed
    AP (Moscow Times), 25 September 2006.

  • Tbilisi and Moscow trade angry statements over Georgia's separatist region
    AP (International Herald Tribune), 23 September 2006.

  • Amnesty for rebels, soldiers enters into force in Chechnya
    AFP (ReliefWeb), 23 September 2006.

  • Bloody incident between Chechen and Ingushetian police assessed differently in the two republics
    Prague Watchdog, 22 September 2006.

  • Parliamentary Commission on Beslan Postpones Report
    Moscow Times, 22 September 2006.

  • Full text of draft Torshin commission report on 2004 Beslan school siege (Russian)
    Pravdabeslana.ru, 21 September 2006.

  • New website: Grief of My Heart: Memoirs of a Chechen Surgeon
    Also see homepage for International Committee for the Children of Chechnya Chaired by Dr. Khassan Baiev

  • Interview with Alexandr Torshin (Russian)
    Ekho Moskvy, 21 September 2006.

  • Kozak Gains Power in North Caucasus
    Moscow Times, 22 September 2006.

  • Amnesty For Chechen Rebels To Be Extended
    RFE/RL, 22 September 2006.

  • Five Police Officers Killed In Chechnya
    RFE/RL, 21 September 2006.

  • 5 Russian Soldiers Killed in Chechnya Ambush
    MosNews, 21 September 2006.

  • Chechen-Ingush Battle Shocks North Caucasus
    IWPR, 20 September 2006.

  • Nonprofits Face Registration Deadline in Russia
    New York Times (compilation), 20 September 2006.

  • UNICEF Programme in the North Caucasus Activity Report No. 111
    ReliefWeb (UNICEF), 21 September 2006.

  • Russia Gives Foreign NGOs Deadline to Report Activities
    MosNews, 20 September 2006.

  • Circassian Outrage At Anniversary Plans
    IWPR, 19 September 2006.

  • In Russian City, a Rampage of Ethnic Violence
    New York Times, 13 September 2006.

  • Chechen, Ingush Security Forces Clash
    RFE/RL, 13 September 2006.

  • Guerrillas becoming more active in Ingushetia
    Prague Watchdog, 13 September 2006.

  • Militants Claim To Have Shot Down Russian Helicopter
    RFE/RL, 13 September 2006.

  • Poor Visibility Blamed for Mi-8 Crash That Killed 11
    Moscow Times, 13 September 2006.

  • Russian soldiers in Chechnya fire on village of Serzhen-Yurt
    Prague Watchdog, 13 September 2006.

  • 4 Chechens Charged With Murder in Russia
    AP (New York Times), 13 September 2006.

  • CoE Chairman Calls for Talks Instead of S.Osse Referendum
    Civil Georgia, 13 September 2006.

  • Six Charged Over Killings In Karelia
    RFE/RL, 12 September 2006.

  • 10 Soldiers Dead in Mi-8 Crash
    Moscow Times, 12 September 2006.

  • Chechen Separatist Leader Vows To Continue Fight
    RFE/RL, 12 September 2006.

  • Eight suspects to go on trial in 2005 militant attack in southern Russian city
    AP (IHT), 11 September 2006.

  • Georgian Rebel Leader Declares War
    RFE/RL, 11 September 2006.

  • S.Ossetia Sets Independence Referendum Date
    Civil Georgia, 11 September 2006.

  • Assailants launch grenades at southern Russian drug enforcement office, no casualties reported
    AP (IHT), 9 September 2006.

  • Georgia-South Ossetia: Helicopter Attack Sparks Hostile Words
    IWPR, 8 September 2006.

  • The Month in Brief - August 2006
    Prague Watchdog, 8 September 2006.

  • Beslan Controversy Won’t Go Away
    IWPR, 7 September 2006.

  • Five Years After 9/11: The Kremlin's War On Terror
    RFE/RL, 8 September 2006.

  • Authorities detain suspect accused of killing police officer in volatile southern province
    AP (IHT), 7 September 2006.

  • World: Freedom House ranks most repressive countries
    RFE/RL (ReliefWeb), 7 September 2006.

  • Duma Weighs In on Karelia’s Ethnic Wrangles
    New York Times (compilation), 7 September 2006.

  • No News Is Bad News
    Wall Street Journal Europe (Freedom House), 7 September 2006.

  • Echoes of Kondopoga in Petrozavodsk
    Moscow Times, 7 September 2006.

  • NGOs are isolated from a conference
    RUSSIAN-CHECHEN INFORMATION AGENCY Press Release, 7 September 2006.

  • Bribery is an everyday occurrence in Chechen universities
    Prague Watchdog, 7 September 2006.

  • Ramzan Kadyrov Chooses Freedom
    Kommersant, 7 September 2006.

  • Racists Step in Where Leaders Fail to Tread
    Moscow Times, 7 September 2006.

  • 13 Charged With Plotting Coup In Georgia
    RFE/RL, 7 September 2006.

  • 4 killed when armored personnel carrier hit by explosion in troubled Russian region
    AP (IHT), 6 September 2006.

  • Russian, Georgian Diplomats to Discuss South Ossetia
    Civil Georgia, 7 September 2006.

  • Chechnya: Cell-Phone Videos Reveal Abuses
    RFE/RL, 6 September 2006.

  • Two Years On, Some Strange Beslan Stories
    Moscow Times, 6 September 2006.

  • 15 years since the proclamation of the Chechen Republic’s independence
    Prague Watchdog, 6 September 2006.

  • “It wasn’t a Street Demonstration, It was a Get-Together”
    Kommersant, 6 September 2006.

  • CRI President Dokku Umarov Slaps New World Order on Independence Day
    Kavkaz Center, 6 September 2006.

  • Beslan: Sifting Through the Evidence
    Transitions Online, 5 September 2006.

  • Karelian Conflict Divides Chechen Leaders
    New York Times (news compilation), 5 September 2006.

  • Georgian, Russian Relations Strained Anew by Shooting
    Washington Post, 5 September 2006.

  • Polish Humanitarian Organisation hands over the realisation of part of the water project in Grozny to local institution
    PHO (ReliefWeb), 5 September 2006.

  • Chechnya Sends Emissaries to Kondopoga in Wake of Riots
    Moscow Times, 5 September 2006.

  • Kadyrov Dismisses Proposal To Rename Chechnya
    RFE/RL, 5 September 2006.

  • Chechnya Leader Proposes Renaming Region
    AP (New York Times), 5 September 2006.

  • Georgia and Ossetia on Heightened Alert
    Moscow Times, 5 September 2006.

  • Accident rate on Chechnya’s roads increasing
    Prague Watchdog, 5 September 2006.

  • Two years after Beslan school seizure, victims say pain worsened by official denial
    AP (International Herald Tribune), 5 September 2006.

  • After Beslan, the Media in Shackles
    Washington Post, 4 September 2006.

  • Chechens Flee in Karelia
    Kommersant, 4 September 2006.

  • Chechen President Proposes Renaming Chechnya
    RFE/RL, 1 September 2006.

  • Victims Of Beslan School Tragedy Commemorated
    RFE/RL, 1 September 2006.