• Singer Milana Balayeva shot in Grozny
  Prague Watchdog, June 30, 2007
• Lokshina: Russian militiamen lose professionalism in Chechnya
  Caucasian Knot, June 29, 2007
• Ingushetia: protests against kidnappings and illegal detentions
  Caucasian Knot, June 29, 2007
• Chechen inmates in Mordovian penal colony complain of abuses
  Prague Watchdog, June 29, 2007
• The fight in Kabardino-Balkaria was well-planned – witness (in Russian)
  Witness of the conflict in the summer camp believes that the fight was premeditated, as the attackers were armed with sharpened sticks, hayforks, shovels, and cold weapons. The police, he says, did not intervene, but cheered for the fight.
  Livechechnya.org, June 29, 2007
• Fear Drives a Reporter Out of Nalchik
  The Moscow Times, June 29, 2007
• A place for Chechnya in the CIA's secret prisons
  Kavkaz-Center, June 29, 2007
• People missing in Ingushetia: Road is unblocked, questions remain
  Regnum, June 29, 2007
• Reporters, CPJ brief Congressional caucus on dangers facing Russian journalists
  Committee to Protect Journalists, June 28, 2007
• The Kremlin Seeks to Legitimize Its Chechen Policy in the Muslim World
  Chechnya Weekly, June 28, 2007
• Chechens Have Doubts about Ramzan’s Anti-Corruption Drive
  Chechnya Weekly, June 28, 2007
• A youth riot in Nalchik (in Russian)
  A fight broke out between Chechen youths residing in a summer camp “Voskhod” and local residents. 3 Chechens were stabbed and have been hospitalized. The camp is currently heavily guarded; names of attackers are being determined.
  Grozny-Inform, June 28, 2007
• CIA Secret Prisons and Chechnya at PACE
  Kommersant, June 28, 2007
• Court upholds ban on returning terrorists' bodies to relatives
  RIA Novosti, June 28, 2007
• Chechens Protest Searches in Soldier Disappearance Case
  RFE/RL, June 28, 2007
• Russian officials outraged by Chechen resistance figure's presence at PACE session
  RFE/RL, June 28, 2007
• Belan: "I think that Andrei Keilin's case is already not so much of criminal character, but rather of political one"
  Caucasian Knot, June 27, 2007
• Residents of Ingushetian village beat their fellow villager back from FSB
  Caucasian Knot, June 27, 2007
• "Police Sharia" in Chechnya
  Prague Watchdog, June 27, 2007
• Villagers in Ingushetia prevent detention by FSB
  The Federal Security Service (FSB) failed to detain a resident of the village of Surkhakhi in Nazran district of Ingushetia after residents of the village intervened. A source in Ingush law enforcement told Interfax on Wednesday that the incident occurred around noon on Wednesday when a group of FSB officers arrived at Surkhakhi and tried to detain a local resident whose brother was suspected of involvement in several attacks on army servicemen and had been killed in a sweep earlier. "Several dozen local residents gathered in the house at the time of the detention and blocked the road for an armed convoy leaving the village and demanded the release of the resident," the source said.
  Interfax, June 27, 2007
• Chechen officials continue forcing out displaced persons from temporary residences (in Russian)
  Using threats, blackmail and deception, Chechen authorities are carrying out the Kadyrov’s urge to “solve the problem” of temporary residences for displaced persons and are forcing out refugees who do not have their own homes to come back to. The people are being moved to old communal buildings with poor sanitary conditions, “advised” to live with relatives and friends or build their houses.
  Livechechnya.org, June 27, 2007
• Council of Europe human rights chief to visit Moscow next week
  RIA Novosti, June 27, 2007
• Chechnya needs foreign investments - Ramzan Kadyrov
  ITAR-TASS, June 27, 2007
• Chechen war was not motivated by religion – Kadyrov
  Interfax, June 27, 2007
• Stavropol court denied release of Andrei Keilin (in Russian)
  Keilin’s attorney Roman Belan said he had not anticipated any other outcome. He has filed a number of motions to dismiss the case, but to no avail. Keilin remains under arrest in an overcrowded prison cell with almost 20 other detainees, according to Belan. 
  Caucasian Knot, June 27, 2007
• Japan to contribute to UN aid for displaced persons in North Ossetia
  RFE/RL, June 27, 2007
• Police disperse protest in Daghestan
  RFE/RL, June 27, 2007
• Borozdinovskaya refugees hold protest meeting in Dagestan
  Caucasian Knot, June 26, 2007
• The ethnic riots in Stavropol
  Prague Watchdog, June 26, 2006
• Joint Statement of UN Institutions on the Occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
  Committee Against Torture, June 26, 2007
• Relatives of Beslan Victims Apply To European Court
  RFE/RL, June 26, 2007
• Housing in Chechnya to be auctioned off (in Russian)
  State-owned housing will be sold to the highest bidder, according to the new regulations. The starting bid will be determined by an independent appraisal agent.
  Grozny-Inform, June 26, 2007
• Police taking measure to prevent ethnic clashes in central Moscow
  ITAR-TASS, June 26, 2007
• Ingush protest police reprisals
  RFE/RL, June 26, 2007
• Timur Muzaev: fight of Russian nationalists with Caucasian natives in Moscow was a provocation
  Caucasian Knot, June 25, 2007
• Number of AIDS Cases in North Caucasus Increasing
  Kavkaz-Centr, June 25, 2007
• Chechen Public Chamber confronts Rogozin (in Russian)
  The Public Chamber of Chechnya issued an official statement denouncing the statement made on June 20 by State Duma deputy Dmitri Rogozin that the recently convicted members of the Ulman group have been abducted by human rights defenders and family members of victims in the Ulman case. Rogozin urged power officials to conduct thorough searches in all villages where victims’ immediate and distant relatives live.
  Caucasian Knot, June 25, 2007
• Police arrest 42 after alleged racist attacks
  RFE/RL, June 25, 2007
• Over 30 Mln rubles raised in Chechnya to help sick children
  Interfax, June 24, 2007
• Forced migrants evicted from their homes in Chechnya
  Caucasian Knot, June 24, 2007
• Russians, Caucasus natives brawl in Moscow; police say right-wing groups sparked fight
  International Herald Tribune, June 23, 2007
• Widows of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria are under pressure
  Caucasian Knot, June 22, 2007
• Dagestani Activists Confront AIDS Ignorance
  IWPR, June 22, 2007
• Terrorist threat has receded in North Caucasus – Patrushev
  Interfax, June 22, 2007
• Strasbourg condemns Russia again for murdering and torturing residents of Chechnya
  Caucasian Knot, June 22, 2007
• Kadyrov Bows Down to Putin…
  Chechnya Weekly, June 21, 2007
• …And Holds Forth on Educating the Young
  Chechnya Weekly, June 21, 2007
• Chechnya: Rights Situation May Be Improving
  RFE/RL, June 21, 2007
• Chechen authorities, security officials force displaced persons from temporary camps
  Officially presented as fraud checks, multiple raids in temporary camps for displaced persons in Chechnya are targeted at individuals with destroyed permanent homes, mothers with many children, widows. Officials arrive in large groups, force people out of homes and make them sign “voluntary relocation to place of permanent residence” papers, leaving their pleas and requests for explanation unanswered.
  Nonprofit Council Information Center, June 21, 2007
• Chechen rural communities gain access to quality primary health care
  Chechen Society, June 21, 2007
• Chechen MPs agree to extend presidential term (in Russian)
  Term of office for Chechen president will be prolonged from 4 to 5 years.
  Caucasian Knot, June 21, 2007
• Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship adjudges 120,000 rubles from tax inspectorate
  Caucasian Knot, June 21, 2007
• Ingush displaced persons appeal to UNCHR
  RFE/RL, June 21, 2007
• Pro-Moscow Chechen leader denies young men flock to join resistance
  RFE/RL, June 21, 2007
• Chechen schools get access to Internet (in Russian)
  More than 1/3 of 460 Chechen secondary schools have been connected to the Internet under the auspices of the national project “Education.” The goal for September 1, 2007 is to provide web access to 80% of schools.
  Caucasian Knot, June 20, 2007
• Chechen refugees in Georgia receive temporary residence permits (in Russian)
  For the first time the Georgian government issued permits for temporary residence for 600 Chechen refugees in the village Duisi; 200 more displaced persons will receive them in the nearest future.
  Caucasian Knot, June 20, 2007
• Police under fire for Beslan
  The Moscow Times, June 20, 2007
• Chechnya to host international anti-extremism forum
  Interfax, June 20, 2007
• Situation of Prigorodny refugees causing concern to human rights defenders
  Prague Watchdog, June 19, 2007
• Relatives of the militants who perished in Kabardino-Balkaria intend to complain to the European Court
  Caucasian Knot, June 19, 2007
• 68% of polled ingushs support the return of all ingush refugees; 43% of ossetians are against their return
  Caucasus Times, June 18, 2007
• Beslan tragedy could have been prevented
  The police in the North Ossetian town of Beslan knew about a planned hostage-taking "in a public building" in September 2004, according to documents published on the website of the Beslan public investigation association "Pravda Beslana."
  Prague Watchdog, June 19, 2007
• “Religion against AIDS” (in Russian)
  Grozny AIDS Center, World Health Organization and government of Norway organized a seminar for religious leaders in Grozny urging them to use their public influence and support initiatives to fight HIV/AIDS in the republic. Similar seminars will be conducted for 250 religious leaders throughout the summer.
  Grozny-Inform, June 19, 2007
• U.S. offers Russia help in investigating journalist murders
  RIA Novosti, June 19, 2007
• UNHCR plans to open mission in Chechnya
  Regnum, June 19, 2007
• UN official notes improved humanitarian situation in North Caucasus
  Interfax, June 19, 2007
• Liquidation of Maiskiy settlement is negatively perceived in Ingushetia
  Caucasian Knot, June 19, 2007
• Military prosecutor denies 1999 Grozny market attack
  RFL/RL, June 19, 2007
• Deadlock over election of Karachaevsk mayor continues
  RFL/RL, June 18, 2007
• Federal law violations registered in Chechnya
  The Chechen prosecutor's office has registered over 8,000 violations of federal legislation. Most of them are connected to human rights violations, the Russian Prosecutor-General's Office reports. "Orders to eliminate violations of the law were sent to the prime minister and president of the Chechen Republic following the violations of the federal legislation. The violations have been already considered and relevant measures have been taken," said a statement published on the official website of the Russian Prosecutor-General's Office.
  TASS, June 18, 2007
• Chechnya’s Kadyrov criticizes welfare officials
  Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov severely criticized the situation in the republic's social security sphere, especially concerning fraud involving apartments, allocated for displaced persons, and the fraud with cars intended for World War II veterans, and vowed to toughen anti-corruption fight. He ordered to set up a special commission to investigate facts of abuse of power by officials, to be led chief of the department for combating organized rime Apti Alaudinov.
  TASS, June 18, 2007
• Decisive steps taken to close temporary accommodation settlements (in Russian)
  Grozny officials find a number of violations in the use of temporary settlements for displaced persons; at least 50 percent of such persons have livable homes. Muslim Huchiev, head of Grozny city administration, insisted that thorough checks be done in all settlements and violators be charged for fraud.
  Grozny-Inform, June 18, 2007
• Beslan mothers face court trial (in Russian)
  3 members of the Beslan Mothers Committee have been charged for riotous damage and disrespect for the Russian flag in courtroom on May 29 when the women prevented the judge from reading court opinion on the case of local policemen accused of negligence which allegedly led to Beslan tragedy.
  Caucasian Knot, June 18, 2007
• Ingush refugees go on hunger strike over relocation
  Refugees from the North Ossetian Prigorodnyy District have declared an indefinite hunger strike in Ingushetia. They demand that the authorities help them return to their homes.
  Radio Ekho Moskvy, June 17, 2007
• Russian Rights Activists Decry Disappearances of Dagestan Youth Voice of America, June 15, 2007
• Ingush refugees file complaint with the Public Chamber (in Russian)
  Claimants, beaten up by bailiffs during a forced relocation to a new camp in North Ossetia, request the Russian Public Chamber and ombudsman V. Lukin that they settle the conflict and make it possible for Ingush refugees to return to their homes which they had to abandon in 1992.
  Caucasian Knot, June 15, 2007
• 12th anniversary of Basayev's raid on Budyonnovsk
  Prague Watchdog, June 15, 2007
• Russian authorities try to prevent rebel attacks in Dagestan
  Eurasia Daily Monitor, June 15, 2007
• Situation in Stavropol Remains Tense
  Chechnya Weekly, June 15, 2007
• Stavropol suspect says he is innocent (in Russian)
  In an open letter, Andrei Keilin declared his innocence and expressed grief for the two students who died in the riot on June 2.
  Caucasian Knot, June 14, 2007
• Police evicting refugees from temporary homes in southern Russia, activist says
  International Herald Tribune, June 14, 2007
• Opinion poll for displaced persons in Chechnya (in Russian)
  51% respondents have not encountered misunderstanding on the side of republic officials; 84% believe that government can solve their housing problems. 29% do not believe they are protected by the law; 35% state their rights have been violated.
  Grozny-Inform, June 14, 2007
• Clashes in Stavropol, south Russia, were non-racial - commission
  RIA Novosti, June 14, 2007
• Kadyrov certain court was impartial in Ulman case
  Interfax, June 14, 2007
• Chechen ombudsman unhappy with sentence in Ulman case
  Interfax, June 14, 2007
• Verdict in Ulman case important precedent - rights activists
  Interfax, June 14, 2007
• Chechen leadership satisfied with ruling in Ulman case
  Interfax, June 14, 2007
• Defendants in Ulman case found guilty
  Interfax, June 14, 2007
• No ethnic policy - no ethnic problem
  The Moscow Times, June 13, 2007
• Chechnya restoration program mainly fulfilled in 2006
  Russian Audit Chamber stated that tasks outlined in the federal target program entitled “Restoration of Economy and Social spheres in the Chechen Republic since 2002” were mainly fulfilled in 2006. 99.9 percent of annual allocations of 9.3 billion rubles were spent. However, cases of ineffective use of budget funds totaling 90.7 million rubles and other violations were also exposed. The program for 2007 was not approved.
  TASS, June 13, 2007
• Bill on institution of justices of the peace in Chechnya approved
  The Federation Council has approved amendments to the Law envisioning establishment of 66 courts and a respective number of justices of the peace in Chechnya. At present, Chechnya has no justices of the peace.
  TASS, June 13, 2007
• The problem of displaced persons will be solved by the end of year
  Chechen officials say more than 4000 new apartments have been prepared in Grozny for displaced persons, while an NGO helps 582 families receive displacement compensations. Temporary settlements in the republic are to be discontinued by the end of 2007.
  Grozny-Inform, June 13, 2007
• Ombudsman chamber to open in Chechnya (in Russian)
  Chechen parliament has approved regulations introducing public-access ombudsman chambers in towns and districts of the Chechen republic.
  Grozny-Inform, June 13, 2007
• Police in North Ossetia Forcibly Resettle Displaced Persons
  Radio Free Europe, June 13, 2007
• Man suspected of abductions in Chechnya, Dagestan detained in Kazakhstan
  Interfax, June 13, 2007
• Chechen youth support Putin (in Russian)
  More than 10 thousands of young people, including members of “Nashi,” “Molodaya Gvardiya,” and “Ramzan” youth movements, rally in support of Putin’s reforms and call Russian President to run for more consecutive terms.
  Grozny-Inform, June 12, 2007
• Chechen students forced to participate in Russia's Day celebrations (in Russian)
  “University administration told us that those students who decide not to participate won’t be allowed to take final exams or defend their thesis,” students say.
  NGO Council Information Center, June 12, 2007
• Karachay-Cherkessia celebrates Russia's Day (in Russian)
  Thousands of young people cheered as mayor of Cherkessk spoke of successful reforms and positive hopes for the future.
  Caucasian Knot, June 12, 2007
• Chechnya's prosecutor office protests against the Human Rights Ombudsman Act (in Russian)
  Caucasian Knot, June 12, 2007
• Zyazikov says 200 Russian families will return to Ingushetia by 2010 (in Russian)
  Nezavisimaya gazeta, June 11, 2007
• "Don't even hope he'll be released." (in Russian)
  20-year-old Andrei Keilin was arrested under the charge of murdering a student during the recent youth riot in Stavropol. Reacting to pleas of parents, testimonies of four witnesses and Keilin’s strong alibi, prosecutor stated that “friends are just protecting him” and there is no chance the young man would be released.
  Kommersant, June 9, 2007
• Patriotic youth club Ramzan created in Chechnya (in Russian)
  The founding conference of the first official, pro-presidential Chechen youth movement "Ramzan" has been held in Grozny.
  Website of President and Government of Chechen Republic, June 8, 2007
• Teacher ceases to teach children the Russian language because of police beating
  Prague Watchdog, June 8, 2007
• Interethnic tension high in Stavropol
  Prague Watchdog, June 7, 2007
• Circassians Press Genocide Claims
  IWPR, June 7, 2007
• Dagestanis Protest Abductions by Police
  Chechnya Weekly, June 7, 2007
• Relatives of Missing in Chechnya Issue Appeal
  Chechnya Weekly, June 7, 2007
• Suspect detained Stavropol killings
  The Moscow Times, June 7, 2007
• Prosecutor-General's Office has investigated the attack on capital of Kabardino-Balkaria in 2005
  Caucasian Knot, June 7, 2007
• People in Kabardino-Balkaria condemn cremation of militants' bodies
  Caucasian Knot, June 7, 2007
• The right of citizens for judicial defense and its enforcement discussed in Volgograd
  Caucasian Knot, June 7, 2007
• Slavic riot in Stavropol
  Kommersant, June 7, 2007
  
• Russia: Ethnic Tensions Mounting In Restive Stavropol
  Radio Free Europe, June 7, 2007
  
• Residents of closed-down neighborhood complain government fails to keep promises re housing
  Prague Watchdog, June 6, 2007
• Court in North Ossetia refused to initiate a case against Beslan operative headquarters
  Caucasian Knot, June 6, 2007
  
• Russia responds to European Court on the case of non-giving out militants' bodies for burial in Kabardino-Balkaria
  Caucasian Knot, June 6, 2007
  
• Builders work at their own risk in the capital of Chechnya
  Caucasian Knot, June 6, 2007
  
• Stavropol Funerals Followed by Protests
  The Moscow Times, June 6, 2007
  
• Riot Police Stands for Caucasians against Slavs
  Kommersant, June 6, 2007
  
• Forty-seven detained for unauthorized march in Stavropol
  ITAR-TASS, June 6, 2007
  
• Extremists exploited local conditions to destabilize North Caucasus - Nurgaliyev
  Interfax, June 6, 2007
  
• "Demos": criticism of the work of "Memorial" in Chechnya is unjustified
  Caucasian Knot, June 5, 2007
  
• Moslem asks President of Kabardino-Balkaria for protection against oppression
  Caucasian Knot, June 5, 2007
  
• 16 persons kidnapped in Chechnya during three months of 2007
  Caucasian Knot, June 5, 2007
  
• Nationalists Rally in a Russian City Near Chechnya
  Reuters, June 5, 2007
  
• Kadyrov's Press Service Denies Torture at Chechen Security Institutions
  Interfax, June 5, 2007
  
• FSB Takes Record of Stavropol Students
  Kommersant, June 5, 2007
  
• Dagestan A Major Target for Extremists - Russian Interior Minister
  Interfax, June 5, 2007
  
• High Crime Rate Persists in South Russia
  ITAR-TASS, June 5, 2007
  
• V. Gefter: we cannot assert that in 1999 apartment houses were blown up by FSB
  Caucasus Knot, June 4, 2007
  
• Chechen Militant Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
  Interfax, June 4, 2007
  
• Murder of two students in Stavropol: three versions
  Caucasus Knot, June 4, 2007
  
• Human rights defenders: Chechen student was killed by militiamen in Stavropol
  Caucasus Knot, June 4, 2007
  
• 5 Killed in Clash between police, militants in Southern Russia
  International Herald Tribune, June 3, 2007
  
• Slavic Organizations Demand Curfew in Stavropol
  Interfax, June 3, 2007
  
• Human rights activists of Kabardino-Balkaria support the Moslems
  Caucasus Knot, June 1, 2007
  
• Litvinenko tried to remove witnesses in Chechnya - official
  ITAR-TASS, June 1, 2007
  
• Number of terrorist acts nearly halves in Russia in 2006
  ITAR-TASS, June 1, 2007
  
• Russia: Mountain Air Leads To Long Life In North Caucasus
  RFE/RL, June 1, 2007