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December 2007

• FSB chief reports state border infrastructure in North Caucasus complete
  ITAR-TASS, December 29, 2007
  
  
• Mass disorders start in Dagestan capital due to power failure
  Caucasian Knot, December 29, 2007
  
  
• 150 residents of Chechnya in inhuman conditions wait for political shelter in France
  Caucasian Knot, December 28, 2007
  
  
• Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria tries to prove judicially illegality of block-posts
  Caucasian Knot, December 28, 2007
  
  
• President says situation in Dagestan is stable
  Ingushetian election commission denies inflating voter turnout
  Killers of hunting party in Kabardino-Balkaria identified
  Kabardino-Balkaria recalls representative on Federation Council
  Supreme court in North Ossetia sentences members of Chechen criminal gang
  RFE/RL, December 28, 2007
  
  
• Criminal case of Nukh Nukhov sent to court in Dagestan
  Caucasian Knot, December 28, 2007
  
  
• Khudyakov and Arakcheev found guilty of murdering three Chechnya residents
  Caucasian Knot, December 27, 2007
  
  
• Well-known writers ask about conditional release of Stomakhin
  Caucasian Knot, December 27, 2007
  
  
• Cheberloy – land of mountain-dwellers
  Prague Watchdog, December 27, 2007
  
  
• Rabbi's house attacked in Derbent, Dagestan
  Caucasian Knot, December 27, 2007
  
  
• Charges presented to suspects of blowing up the bus in Nevinnomyssk in Stavropol Territory
  Caucasian Knot, December 26, 2007
  
  
• Murder of nine hunters solved in Kabardino-Balkaria
  Caucasian Knot, December 26, 2007
  
  
• Skinheads accused of murdering Dagestan resident arrested in Moscow
  Caucasian Knot, December 24, 2007
  
  
• "Ingushetia.Ru": count of election absentees in the Republic already makes 36 percent
  Caucasian Knot, December 24, 2007
  
  
• HRC "Memorial": uncle of assassinated kid dismissed for refusal to commit perjury in Ingushetia
  Caucasian Knot, December 24, 2007
  
  
• Nationwide protest rally prepared in Ingushetia
  Caucasian Knot, December 22, 2007
  
  
• "Dagestan Mothers" inform Prosecutor’s Office about tortures in SIZO of Makhachkala
  Caucasian Knot, December 21, 2007
  
  
• Human rights activist of Kabardino-Balkaria ask Kanokov to investigate violations of believers' rights
  Caucasian Knot, December 21, 2007
  
  
• The Dagestani Jamaat (Part 2)
  Chechnya Weekly, December 20, 2007
  
  
• Dagestan Moslems collect signatures in support of Turkish theologian
  Caucasian Knot, December 20, 2007
  
  
• Russian Forces Carry Out a Large-Scale Security Sweep in the North Caucasus
  Chechnya Weekly, December 20, 2007
  
  
• Islam in the life of the Ingush people today
  Prague Watchdog, December 20, 2007
  
  
• One police killed, one wounded in clash with militants in Dagestan
  ITAR-TASS, December 20, 2007
  
  
• Four killers of hunters in Kabardino-Balkaria identified
  ITAR-TASS, December 20, 2007
  
  
• Another suspect detained in Nevsky Express blast case
  ITAR-TASS, December 19, 200
  
  
• Patrushev: Over 500 insurgents suppressed in North Caucasus since beginning of 2007
  Interfax, December 19, 2007
  
  
• Chechen military officials confirm troops deployed to Abkhazia, South Ossetia;
  Ingush police confront Ossetian colleagues in standoff over detainees
  RFE/RL Newsline, December 19, 2007
  
  
• Putin promises to complete probe into Politkovskaya’s murder
  RIA Novosti, December 19, 2007
  
  
• Second suspect in Nevinnomyssk bus explosion detained
  Caucasian Knot, December 18, 2007
  
  
• Blast kills one, wounds 5 in Chechen capital
  RIA Novosti, December 18, 2007
  
  
• Chechen human rights group subjected to pressure;
  United Russia candidates elected to head two Dagestan districts;
  Fifty suspects detained in Dagestan sweep
  RFE/RL Newsline, December 18, 2007
  
  
• Union of Chechen NGOs kicked out of Print House in Grozny
  Caucasian Knot, December 17, 2007
  
  
• Ingush detainee confesses to guilt in bus bombing
  Caucasian Knot, December 17, 2007
  
  
• Cherkess Congress Calls on Duma to Recognize Abkhazia
  Suspected Militants, Government Troops Killed in Grozni
  Suspected Killers of Former Lawmaker Apprehended in Dagestan
  RFE/RL, December 17, 2007
  
  
• Dagestan's village of Gimry declared counter-terrorist operation zone
  Interfax, December 16, 2007
  
  
• 5 Killed in Chechnya Firefight
  Alalam.ir, December 16, 2007
  
  
• Criminal case against militiamen initiated in Dagestan
  Caucasian Knot, December 15, 2007
  
  
• Chechen Committee of National Salvation complains of pressure by the authorities of Ingushetia
  Caucasian Knot, December 14, 2007
  
  
• Police checkpoint fired on in Ingushetia, no one injured
  Silobreaker.com, December 14, 2007
  
  
• Russian Foreign Ministry Deplores Chechen Official’s Interviews with Polish Media
  Three Sentenced for Terrorist Attacks in North Ossetia
  Karachayevo-Cherkessia to Promote Study of Non-Russian Languages
  RFE/RL, Newsline, December 14, 2007
  
  
• Dagestani Students Volunteer for Islamist Groups
  IWPR, December 13, 2007
  
  
• Dagestan Shaken by High-Profile Murders
  Chechnya Weekly, December 13, 2007
  
  
• Will Kremlin Policy towards the North Caucasus Change after March 2008?
  Chechnya Weekly, December 13, 2007
  
  
• Attacks Reported in Ingushetia, Stavropol and North Ossetia
  Chechnya Weekly, December 13, 2007
  
  
• Website Proprietor: Chechen Police Official is Behind Ingushetia Abductions
  Chechnay Weekly, December 13, 2007
  
  
• The Dagestani Jamaat (Part 1)
  Chechnya Weekly, December 13, 2007
  
  
• Four persons suspected of blowing up the bus in Stavropol Territory
  Caucasian Knot, December 12, 2007
  
  
• Relatives of Zeitun Gaev from Kabardino-Balkaria disbelieve in his suicide
  Caucasian Knot, December 12, 2007
  
  
• Verdict on Khudyakov and Arakcheev's case to be announced in Rostov-on-Don on December 25
  Caucasian Knot, December 12, 2007
  
  
• Chechen prosecutor targets “unsanitary” schools;
  Dagestan president consults with top security officials
  RFE/RL Newsline, December 13, 2007
  
  
• Russia takes Poland to task over Chechen leader airtime
  RIA Novosti, December 13, 2007
  
  
• Magomed Evloev remains the owner of “Ingushetiya.ru” without interfering in the work of the editorial board
  Caucasian Knot, December 12, 2007
  
  
• Illegal migrants from Russia detained in France, some are Chechnya residents
  Caucasian Knot, December 12, 2007
  
  
• Ossetian jamaat claims to have executed two drug dealers
  RFE/RL Newsline, December 12, 2007
  
  
• Amir of Caucasus Emirate abolishes the Cabinet of Ministers, the Parliament of former Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
  KavkazCenter, December 11, 2007 (Rebel Website)
  
  
• Dagestan interior ministry seeks to avert destabilization in wake of parliamentarian’s killing;
  Chechen pilgrims attacked in North Ossetia;
  Chechen resistance leader hits back at parliament, government;
  Website continues to dispute reported election turnout in Ingushetia
  RFE/RL Newsline, December 11, 2007
  
  
• Patrushev: 70 terrorist attacks foiled in North Caucasus in 2007
  Interfax, December 11, 2007
  
  
• Patrushev: 150 militants in North Caucasus have surrendered since early 2007
  Interfax, December 11, 2007
  
  
• Number of gunmen in Chechnya ranges from 500-700 people
  ITAR-TASS, December 11, 2007
  
  
• Russian police commando killed in Ingushetia
  ITAR-TASS, December 11, 2007
  
  
• Unknown assailant kills Dagestani Supreme Court judge
  ITAR-TASS, December 11, 2007
  
  
• Relatives of Zeitin Gaev from Kabardino-Balkaria disbelieve his suicide
  Caucasian Knot, December 10, 2007
  
  
• Kidnapped local resident searched in Chechnya
  Caucasian Knot, December 10, 2007
  
  
• More than falsification behind North Caucasus vote for Putin
  Window on Eurasia, December 10, 2007
  
  
• Lawmaker murdered in Dagestan
  RIA Novosti, December 10, 2007
  
  
• Nikhazhiev: attack on pilgrims in North Ossetia had its ‘organizer’
  Caucasian Knot, December 8, 2007
  
  
• Website "Ingushetiya.ru" will resume operation tomorrow
  Caucasian Knot, December 7, 2007
  
  
• Kadyrov decrees extra measure to ensure human rights in Chechnya
  ITAR-TASS, December 7, 2007
  
  
• Muslims from Chechnya beaten in North Ossetia
  Caucasian Knot, December 7, 2007
  
  
• Svetlana Izotyeva, journalist of the "Argumenty i Facty" newspaper, beaten in Ingushetia
  Caucasian Knot, December 6, 2007
  
  
• Is the Caucasian Emirate a Threat to the Western World?
  Chechnya Weekly, December 6, 2007
  
  
• Chechnya: Kadyrov to Rule for Years
  IWPR, December 6, 2007
  
  
• Dagestan: Opposition Cries Foul Over Elections
  IWPR, December 6, 2007
  
  
• Kadyrov Delivers the Vote…
  Chechnya Weekly, December 6, 2007
  
  
• ..As Do the Authorities in Ingushetia and Dagestan
  Chechnya Weekly, December 6, 2007
  
  
• Chechen referendum results made public;
  Prosecutors refuse to verify train bombing suspects’ alibi;
  Another police officer shot dead in Kabardino-Balkaria;
  Slain Nalchik militants’ families appeal to Prosecutor General
  RFE/RL Newsline, December 6, 2007
  
  
• Kadyrov uses “folk Islam” for political gain
  RFE/RL, December 6, 2007
  
  
• Oppositional website “Ingushetiya.ru” suspended
  Caucasian Knot, December 5, 2007
  
  
• Militiamen sentenced to three years in colony for torturing teens in Kabardino-Balkaria
  Caucasian Knot, December 5, 2007
  
  
• Head of Grozny Petroleum Institute reinstated and dismissed again
  Prague Watchdog, December 5, 2007
  
  
• Will Putin reward Muslim voters for backing United Russia?
  Window on Eurasia, December 5, 2007
  
  
• Preliminary parliamentary election results published in North Ossetia
  RFE/RL Newsline, December 5, 2007
  
  
• Ingushetian public demands that Ingushetiya.ru continue
  Caucasian Knot, December 4, 2007
  
  
• Experts: Election results will not be challenged in Chechnya
  Caucasian Knot, December 4, 2007
  
  
• View of voters in Ingushetia
  Prague Watchdog, December 4, 2007
  
  
• Communists allege mass falsification of Duma vote in Dagestan;
  Voters in Ingushetia urged to protest identity abuse
  RFE/RL Newsline, December 4, 2007
  
  
• Big Putin vote in Chechnya has locals puzzled
  Reuters, December 3, 2007
  
  
• Local observers assert high voter turnout in Chechnya is result of gerrymandering
  Caucasian Knot, December 3, 2007
  
  
• Russia's Chechnya votes 99.4 pct for Putin party
  Reuters, December 3, 2007
  
  
• Chechnya claims highest turnout for Duma elections;
  Most voters in Ingushetia Reportedly boycott Duma vote;
  Other North Caucasus Republics register above-average vote;
  Two regional fronts affirm support for north Caucasus emirate
  RFE/RL, December 3, 2007
  
  
• No foreign observers to watch elections in Chechnya and Ingushetia
  Caucasian Knot, December 1, 2007
  
  

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