Death
toll grows as skinhead views move into mainstream
The Globe and Mail, April 30, 2007
Fighting
reported in Shatojskom region - rebel site reports
Kavkazcenter, April 30, 2007
Opposition
website accuses the local TV channel of not reporting a single case
of kidnapping or killing committed in the republic by "death
squadrons"
Ingushetiya.ru (BBC) April 29, 2007
Chechen
rebel president signs decree on restoration of "Shari'ah guard"
Kavkaz-Tsentr (BBC) April 29, 2007
Pipeline
Damage leaves 80,000 without gas in southern Russia
RIA, April 29, 2007
ICRC
representatives discuss interaction problems with Chechen authorities
Caucasus Knot, April 28, 2007
Criminal
involved in kidnapping people in N Caucasus detained
ITAR-TASS, April, 28, 2007
Public
Prosecutor's Office stops investigation into Baisarov's murder
Caucasus Knot, April 28, 2007
Sweep
operation continues in Chechnya
Interfax, April 27, 2007
Chechens
Remember Yeltsin, Not Fondly
Chechnya Weekly, April 27, 2007
Umarov
Says Bodies of Chechens Tossed From Helicopters
Chechnya Weekly, April 27, 2007
Grozny's
"Potemkin villages"
"It can’t be a bad thing that Grozny’s streets are
being cleared of debris, building waste and household garbage, and
semi-destroyed buildings restored. But the process of reconstruction
is accompanied by a wide range of negative factors and various nuances
which suggest that the emphasis is on the number of buildings being
renovated and the quantity of the work rather than the quality of
its implementation,"
Prague Watchdog, April 27, 2007
Russians
Don't Think Human Life Is Valued Enough In Russia - Poll
JRL April 27, 2007 (Interfax April 25, 2007)
Georgia:
Is Putin's CFE Threat Aimed At Caucasus?
RFE/RL, April 27, 20007
Helicopter
Shot Down in Chechnya, 17 Dead: Reports
Reuters, April 27, 2007
Umarov
may be among besieged militants in Chechnya
Russia & CIS Military Newswire April 27, 2007
North
Ossetia Rocked by Killings
"A spate of killings in North Ossetia are thought to be part
of a murky power struggle for wealth and political influence ahead
of parliamentary elections scheduled for this autumn."
IWPR, April 26, 2007
Chechnya:
A Dubious Amnesty
IWPR, April 26, 2007
European
Parliament scarifies Russia for abuse of human rights
Caucasus Knot, April 26, 2007
Residents
of "Maiskiy" settlement, North Ossetia, can be forced out
Caucasus Knot, April 26, 2007
Chechen
Official Slams Western Double Standards
RRE/RL; (chechenpress.ru), April 26, 2007
Confusion
Over Karachevo-Cherkessia Election Continues
RFE/RL (regnum.ru), April 26, 2007
Authorities
of North Ossetia ignore problems of forced resettlers
Caucasus Knot, April 26, 2007
European
Court for Human Rights gets tired with claims from North Caucasian
Republics
Caucasus Knot, April 26, 2007
Russian
Top Police Officials Discuss Ways to Fighting Terror in the North
Caucasus
The meeting was attended by Russia's Deputy Interior Minister Arkadiy
Yedelev, heads of city and district interior departments and interior
ministers of the republics of the Southern Federal District. BBC Monitoring
International Reports
(Dagestani television RGVK TV), April 25, 2007
Detainees
beaten in Krasnodar SIZO
Caucasus Knot, April 25, 2007
"Novaya
Gazeta": criminal case against Beslan power agents will be initiated
Caucasus Knot, April 24, 2007
150
extremist websites exposed this year - Russian police
ITAR-TASS, April 24, 2007
Boris
N. Yeltsin, Reformer Who Broke Up the U.S.S.R. And Led Russia, Dies
at 76
The New York Times, April 24, 2007
Religious
literature confiscated in Dagestan
Caucasus Knot, April 23, 2007
CE
Commissioner Thomas Hammerberg cannot reach liquidation of ORB-2 in
Chechnya
Caucasus Knot, April 23, 2007
Two
militants killed in special operation in Russia's Dagestan
ITAR-TASS, April 23, 2007
Chechnya: 138
militants arrested over Jan-Mar 2007
RIA Novosti (BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union) April 23, 2007
The
Russian military in Kadyrov's Chechnya
Prague Watchdog, April 23, 2007
Chechen president
says militants no longer a threat, Putin should stay in office
REGNUM April 18, 2007(BBC Monitoring Trans Caucasus Unit April 21,
2007)
Work
of the "Educated Media" ("Internews") Foundation paralyzed
Caucasus Knot, April 20, 2007
Militants
detained in Chechnya, Ingushetia
Interfax, April 20, 2007
Gunmen
Attack Grozny Checkpoint, Injure 6 Russians
The New York Times (REUTERS), April 19, 2007
Soldiers
jump bail in Chechen massacre case
The Guardian, April 19, 2007
Weapons
and ammunition are still found in territory of Chechnya
Caucasus Knot, April 18, 2007
Residents
of Kabardino-Balkaria, tortured by militia, appeal against verdict
Caucasus Knot, April 18, 2007
Trial
of militants who committed raid on Ingushetia in 2004 begins
Caucasus Knot, April 18, 2007
Trial
on Kislovodsk Imam murder will continue in Pyatigorsk
Caucasus Knot, April 18, 2007
Dagestani
policemen killed
Moscow Times, April 18, 2007
Number
of terrorist acts sharply on decline in Chechnya
ITAR-TASS, April 17, 2007