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November 2007

• Oppositional site Ingushetiya.Ru announces its termination
  Caucasian Knot, November 30, 2007
  
  
• Election day terrorist attack foiled in Russia's North Caucasus
  RIA Novosti, November 30, 2007
  
  
• Euro-Ichkeria against the Emirate
  Prague Watchdog, November 30, 2007
  
  
• In Chechnya, no doubt of victory for United Russia
  Prague Watchdog, November 30, 2007
  
  
• Rebel ex-KGB agent released in Russia: report
  ZeeNEWS, November 30, 2007
  
  
• Astemirov Takes Credit for Idea of Caucasian Emirate
  Chechnya Weekly, November 29, 2007
  
  
• South battalion sustains causalities (in Russian)
  Nezavisimaya Gazeta, November 29, 2007 (p. 6)
  
  
• Protesters, Journalists, Rights Activists Beaten and Detained in Nazran
  Chechnya Weekly, November 29, 2007
  
  
• Regional Violence Continues Despite Pre-Election Heightened Security
  Chechnya Weekly, November 29, 2007
  
  
• Beslan Surgeon in Legal Fight
  IWPR, November 29, 2007
  
  
• Human rights activists investigate the beating of journalists in Ingushetia
  Caucasian Knot, November 29, 2007
  
  
• Russia's SC upholds verdicts to special fighters of Ulman's scout group
  Caucasian Knot, November 29, 2007
  
  
• Tomchak: militia did not torture Gaev who committed suicide in Kabardino-Balkaria
  Caucasian Knot, November 29, 2007
  
  
• Russia found responsible for killing elderly Chechen civilians
  European Human Rights Advocacy Center, November 29, 2007
  
  
• The new Caucasus emirate?
  Russia Profile, November 29, 2007
  
  
• “Just Russia” rejects allegations of vote-buying in Dagestan;
  Another Chechen field commander distances self from president;
  Beslan residents join “Against Putin” movement
  RFE/RL Newsline, November 29, 2007
  
  
• Interview with Oleg Orlov (In Russian)
  Caucasian Knot, November 28, 2007
  
  
• Human rights activists demand probe into journalists’ detention in Ingushetia;
  Chechen court sentences former Russian officer;
  Hundreds protest arrest of opposition mayoral candidate in Dagestan
  RFE/RL Newsline, November 28, 2007
  
  
• Gang destroyed in Chechnya
  ITAR-TASS, November 28, 2007
  
  
• Serviceman, militant killed in Chechnya attack
  RIA Novosti, November 28, 2007
  
  
• ‘Cadet’ sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for torturing a Chechen resident
  Caucasian Knot, November 27, 2007
  
  
• Journalists are sure they were attacked by special agents in Ingushetia
  Caucasian Knot, November 27, 2007
  
  
• Chechen human rights defender subjects Russia’s President to harsh criticism
  Prague Watchdog, November 27, 2007
  
  
• North Caucasus headache eases for Russia’s Putin
  Reuters, November 27, 2007
  
  
• Academic gunned down in Dagestan;
  Embattled Balkar activist affirms support for pro-Kremlin party;
  Chechen human rights body demands release of Ingush accused of train bombing
  RFE/RL Newsline, November 27, 2007
  
  
• Managed Resistance
  Prague Watchdog, November 27, 2007
  
  
• North Caucasus company to develop on its own after UN discontinues aid
  Interfax, November 27, 2007
  
  
• Mockery in the form of the special forces (In Russian)
  Kommersant, November 26, 2007
  
  
• Memorial: people whom Farid Babaev unmasked stand behind his murder
  Caucasian Knot, November 26, 2007
  
  
• Over 24,500 Interior Ministry troops to ensure law/order during Duma elections in Chechnya
  ITAR-TASS, November 26, 2007
  
  
• Chechen human rights activists boil over Shamanov as Deputy Minister of Defense
  Caucasian Knot, November 26, 2007
  
  
• Chechnya’s government opens campaign of population’s moral upbringing
  Caucasian Knot, November 26, 2007
  
  
• “Ren-TV” journalists kidnapped and beaten in Ingushetia return to Moscow
  Caucasian Knot, November 26, 2007
  
  
• Rally in Nazran, November 24: Photos and video footage from the bus station (In Russian)
  Ingushetiya.ru, November 26, 2007
  
  
• Journalists abducted on eve of protests in Ingushetia;
  Former foreign minister named to head Chechen government in exile;
  Pro-Moscow Chechen official deplores former general’s new appointment
  RFE/RL Newsline, Novmeber 26, 2007
  
  
• Euro-Ichkeria against the emirate
  Prague Watchdog, November 25, 2007
  
  
• Attack on Oleg Orlov, Head of “Memorial” Board and journalists from REN TV in Ingushetia
  Memorial Moscow, November 24, 2007
  
  
• Police break up Ingushetia protest
  RFE/RL, November 24, 2007
  
  
• Leader of Dagestan’s Yabloko party branch dies after attack
  ITAR-TASS, November 24, 2007
  
  
• Nazran: Rally participants disperse, fate of detained unknown
  Caucasian Knot, November 24, 2007
  
  
• Sokiryanskaya: kidnapping of Orlov and journalists was organized by the authorities of Ingushetia
  Caucasian Knot, November 24, 2007
  
  
• Organizer of rally in Ingushetia detained by MIA
  Caucasian Knot, November 24, 2007
  
  
• Tension continues in Ingushetia
  Prague Watchdog, November 23, 2007
  
  
• South Korean businessmen ready to build brick plant in Chechnya
  Interfax, November 23, 2007
  
  
• Bus explosion in North Ossetia: 6 casualties, 17 wounded
  Caucasian Knot, November 23, 2007
  
  
• Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria tries to burn self at Kremlin walls
  Caucasian Knot, November 23, 2007
  
  
• Charge presented to Ingush man suspected of blowing up Neva Express train
  Caucasian Knot, November 23, 2007
  
  
• The official version of Amir Dokka's declaration of a Caucasus Emirate
  KavkazCenter, November 22, 2007
  
  
• Chechnya’s language dilemma
  IWPR, November 22, 2007
  
  
• UN phases out humanitarian projects in North Caucasus
  Caucasian Knot, November 22, 2007
  
  
• Bulletin: From the Conflict Zone (In Russian)
  Memorial Nazran, November 21, 2007
  
  
• The war on terror in the North Caucasus provokes public protests
  Jamestown, November 21, 2007
  
  
• Newspaper: at least 150 servicemen and police killed in Chechnya this year
  Jamestown, November 21, 2007
  
  
• Chechen reconstruction: the façade of normalcy
  Jamestown, November 21, 2007
  
  
• Chechen official explains motives for resignation;
  Organizers postpone planned protest in Ingushetia
  RFE/RL Newsline, November 21, 2007
  
  
• Principal of Grozny Petroleum Institute dismissed
  Prague Watchdog, November 21, 2007
  
  
• Teachers and female students without headscarves expelled from Chechen higher education institutions
  Caucasian Knot, November 21, 2007
  
  
• Chechen parliament in exile appeals for unity;
  Suspects in Politkovskaya killing refused bail;
  Militants, police clash in Kabardino-Balkaria
  RFE/RL Newsline, November 20, 2007
  
  
• Foreign Minister of Chechen separatist government quits
  RFE/RL, November 20, 2007
  
  
• Three Chechens shot by local police in Assinovskaya
  Prague Watchdog, November 20, 2007
  
  
• Police officer shot dead in attack in Russian N.Caucasus city
  RIA Novosti, November 20, 2007
  
  
• On Permanent Alert in a Highly Unstable Situation (In Russian)
  Nezavisimaya Gazeta, November 19, 2007
  
  
• Backers give south Russia terrorists $1.5 mln in election run-up
  RIA Novosti, November 19, 2007
  
  
• Court remands in custody three suspects in Politkovskaya murder
  RIA Novosti, November 19, 2007
  
  
• Former imam convicted in France for Chechnya-related terrorist plot
  International Heralrd Tribune, November 19, 2007
  
  
• Five Suspected Militants Killed in Daghestan
  Gunmen Kill Transport Police Chief in Ingushetia
  RFE/RL, November 19, 2007
  
  
• War's a drug and I got hooked on carnage of Chechnya
  Times Online, November 18, 2007
  
  
• Opposition of Ingushetia warns the authorities against attempts to hamper the rally
  Caucasian Knot, November 17, 2007
  
  
• Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria dies by jumping down from the fourth floor of the UBOP building
  Caucasian Knot, November 17, 2007
  
  
• European Court condemns Russian authorities on three complaints from Chechnya
  Caucasian Knot, November 16, 2007
  
  
• Pressure on Moslems is stronger in Kabardino-Balkaria
  Caucasian Knot, November 16, 2007
  
  
• One killed, two wounded in shootout in Chechnya
  RIA Novosti, November 16, 2007
  
  
• Man Stabbed in Suspected Hate Attack in St. Petersburg
  St. Petersburg Times, November 16, 2007
  
  
• Two police from Surgut injured in fire attack in Chechnya
  ITAR-TASS, November 15, 2007
  
  
• Police car fired at in Dagestan, 1 man killed, 1 wounded
  ITAR-TASS, November 15, 2007
  
  
• Strasbourg Gives Real Price in Chechnya
  Kommersant, November 16, 2007
  
  
• Pro-Moscow Chechen Leader Appoints New Minister
  RFE/RL November 16, 2007
  
  
• European Court finds Russian authorities guilty of murdering a Chechen militiaman
  Caucasian Knot, November 15, 2007
  
  
• Death of Ingush Boy Sparks Further Unrest
  Chechnya Weekly, November 15, 2007
  
  
• Weaknesses in Moscow's Chechnya Policy
  Chechnya Weekly, November 15, 2007
  
  
• Police car fired at in Dagestan, 1 man killed, 1 wounded
  ITAR-TASS, November 15, 2007
  
  
• The Kremlin Calls on Shamanov Again
  Chechnya Weekly, November 15, 2007
  
  
• Kabardino-Balkaria: trial on Nalchik attack postponed till January 11
  Caucasian Knot, November 15, 2007
  
  
• Criminal case opened over murder of police dept chief in Ingushetia
  ITAR-TASS, November 15, 2007
  
  
• Chief of transport police department killed in Ingushetia
  ITAR-TASS, November 15, 2007
  
  
• Pro-Moscow Chechen leader calls on Umarov to surrender
  RFE/RL Newsline, November 15, 2007
  
  
• A determined spirit guides Grozny
  IHT, November 14, 2007
  
  
• Chechnya’s MIA: over 300 militants detained so far in 2007
  Caucasian Knot, November 14, 2007
  
  
• Oppositional web site still blocked in Ingushetia
  Caucasian Knot, November 14, 2007
  
  
• Kremlin sending ever more money to North Caucasus as Russians flee, Moscow writer complains
  Window on Eurasia, November 14, 2007
  
  
• Chechen parliament appeals to resistance fighters;
  Ingushetian internet providers deny blocking access to controversial site;
  UNICEF deplores shooting of child in Ingushetia
  RFE/RL Newsline, November 14, 2007
  
  
• Kabardino-Balkaria: court rules decision to bury militants illegal
  Caucasian Knot, November 13, 2007
  
  
• Internet providers in Ingushetia refrain from commenting on the blockage of opposition site
  Caucasian Knot, November 13, 2007
  
  
• Militants killed in Dagestan may have been planning seizure of a gymnasium
  Caucasian Knot, November 13, 2007
  
  
• PACE: Truth commission for Chechen Republic could bring reconciliation to society
  Council of Europe, November 13, 2007
  
  
• Gen. Shamanov appointment alarms human rights activists
  Interfax, November 13, 2007
  
  
• Chechnya’s Pro-Moscow president rebuilds nation
  NPR, November 13, 2007
  
  
• Kadyrov vows to encourage Russians to return to Chechnya
  ITAR-TASS, November 13, 2007
  
  
• Chechen parliament in exile accuses UN, OSCE, Council of Europe;
  Eight militants killed in special operation in Dagestan;
  Dagestan court acquits three men accused of terrorism;
  Killing of child sparks outrage in Ingushetia;
  Russian technicians attacked in Ingushetia;
  Ingushetian president seeks to block opposition website;
  Prosecutor’s office moves to ban Balkar organization
  RFE/RL Newsline, November 13, 2007
  
  
• 60 Killed In Racist Crimes In Russia In 2007 - Human Rights Activists
  JRL, November 12, 2007
  
  
• 32 terrorist acts registerd in S. Fed. District in past 9 months
  Caucasian Knot, November 10, 2007
  
  
• Young boy killed during operation in Ingush village of Chemulga
  Prague Watchdog, November 9, 2007
  
  
• Photographs from Chemulga, where the FSB killed a 6-year old boy
  Ingushetiya.ru, November 9, 2007
  
  
• Kadyrov reportedly purges close associate
  Jamestown, November 8, 2007
  
  
• Kadyrov holds forth on coming elections and education
  Jamestown, November 8, 2007
  
  
• Police and workers targeted in Ingushetia
  Jamestown, November 8, 2007
  
  
• From the Conflict Zone - Bulletin (Russian)
  English version
  Memorial Nazran, November 8, 2007
  
  
• Russian first deputy premier assesses Grozny situation;
  Ingush appeal to Putin over unsolved killings
  RFE/RL Newsline, November 8, 2007
  
  
• European Court of Human Rights condemns Russia for non-investigation of torture
  Russian Justice Initiative, November 8, 2007
  
  
• Chechens prepare for key election
  BBC News, November 8, 2007
  
  
• “Aushev affair” may have been reason for Chechen interior minister’s dismissal
  Prague Watchdog, November 8, 2007
  
  
• Kadyrov dismisses Chechen interior minister for criticizing power agents
  Caucasian Knot, November 7, 2007
  
  
• Human rights activist engaged in Chechen problems forbidden from entering Russia
  Caucasian Knot, November 6, 2007
  
  
• Chechnya's peaceful life through portraits (In Russian)
  BBC Russian, November 7, 2007
  
  
• Western Ingushetia -- how it looks today (In Russian)
  Part 2
  Part 3
  Ingushetiya.ru, November 7, 2007
  
  
• Russian deputy premier notes positive impressions from trip to Grozny
  ITAR-TASS, November 7, 2007
  
  
• Chechen resistance leader stripped of presidential powers;
  First deputy premier, new envoy visit North Ossetia;
  President deplores killing of hunters in Kabardino-Balkaria
  RFE/RL Newsline, November 7, 2007
  
  
• Militant killed in Dagestan’s Buinaksk district
  ITAR-TASS, November 6, 2007
  
  
• Five non-natives shot dead in Ingushetia;
  Kadyrov orders removal of his portrait from Grozny’s streets;
  Militants suspected in killing of hunters in Kabardino-Balkaria
  RFE/RL Newsline, November 6, 2007
  
  
• IC of Kabardino-Balkaria: hunters’ killers could have participated in Nalchik attacks
  Caucasian Knot, November 5, 2007
  
  
• Russia celebrates third People's Unity Day
  ITAR-TASS, November, 5, 2007
  
  
• Unity Day rallies held in Moscow, elsewhere;
  More regional meetings call for a third term for Putin;
  Chechen parliament chairman seeks clarification from resistance commander;
  Attack on religious leader averted in Dagestan;
  Slavs in Adygeya protest official neglect
  RFE/RL Newsline, November 5, 2007
  
  
• Nine hunters killed in suspected encounter with gunmen in Kabardino-Balkaria
  RIA Novosti, November 5, 2007
  
  
• From the Conflict Zone -- Bulletin (Russian Version)
  English Version
  Memorial Nazran, November 3, 2007
  
  
• Russia: Minorities, foreigners brace for violence on Unity Day
  RFE/RL, November 3, 2007
  
  
• Nukhazhiev has called on Ministries of Internal Affairs of Chechnya and Dagestan to stop extortions on the border
  Caucasian Knot, November 3, 2007
  
  
• Ombudswoman of Dagestan is against ‘touring human rights activists’
  Caucasian Knot, November 3, 2007
  
  
• Tougher regime for students at Chechen State University
  Prague Watchdog, November 2, 2007
  
  
• Russia begins anti-terrorist exercises in North Caucasus
  RIA Novosti, November 2, 2007
  
  
• Shamil Buraez - Politkovskaya's killer or fall guy?
  Jamestown, November 1, 2007|
  
  
• Will the rebels declare the 'Caucasian Emirate'?
  Jamestown. November 1, 2007
  
  
• Chechen head rules out opposition
  BBC News, November 1, 2007
  
  
• In video, Chechen separatist leader declares ‘jihad’ on west
  RFE/RL, November 1, 2007
  
  
• Is North Caucasus resistance still serious threat?
  RFE/RL, November 1, 2007
  
  
• Views of Chechen residents on declaration of ‘Caucasus emirate’
  Prague Watchdog, November 1, 2007
  
  
• Ingush Khidriev brothers suspected of blowing up “Neva-Express” face no charges
  Caucasian Knot, November 1, 2007
  
  
• Probe into Tolyatti bus blast continues;
  Ingush appeal to Putin on conflict anniversary
  RFE/RL Newsline, November 1, 2007
  
  

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