Six injured in Chechnya blast
UPI - Tue Jul 7, 10:21 am ETGROZNY, Russia, July 7 (UPI) -- An explosive device detonated in a public garden in Chechen capital of Grozny Tuesday, injuring six people, law enforcement officials said.
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Two Militants Killed In Chechnya - Report
Nasdaq - Sun Jul 5, 4:07 pm ETMOSCOW (AFP)--Two militants were killed Sunday by security forces in Russia's troubled north Caucasus republic of Chechnya, the republic's interior minister, Ruslan Alkhanov, told news agency ITAR-TASS.
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Chechen Leader Says Rebel Chief Survived Battle In May -Paper
Nasdaq - Wed Jul 8, 5:37 am ETMOSCOW (AFP)--The head of Chechnya's Islamist rebels is still alive despite reports last month that he had been killed, the region's pro-Moscow leader said in an interview published Wednesday.
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Russian Officer, Soldier Killed In Chechnya Attacks-Officials
Nasdaq - Fri Jul 3, 6:37 am ETGROZNY, Chechnya (AFP)--A Russian military officer and a soldier were killed Friday in separate bomb attacks in Russia's northern Caucasus region of Chechnya, local authorities and news agencies said.
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Russia:Amnesty International Says Accountability is Key to Normalization in Russia's Chechnya and North Caucasus
Amnesty International - Thu Jul 2, 3:26 am ETOnly full accountability for the human rights violations that have been taking place over the past decade and more can bring real normalization to Chechnya and the North Caucasus, Amnesty International said in a new report, Rule without Law: Human Rights Violations in the North Caucasus, published today.
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Amnesty slams Russia for rights record in Chechnya
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Jul 1, 1:01 am ETRights group Amnesty International called on Russia to enforce order and transparency in Chechnya and the north Caucasus where rights violations persist unchecked.
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Human Rights Watch - Thu Jul 2, 4:10 am ETA burned house in Shatoi district, Chechnya. The use of appalling and unlawful tactics by rebel fighters does not justify the use of similar tactics by the government forces fighting the insurgency.
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Chechen Government, Separatists Meet For Peace Talks In Norway
Nasdaq - Wed Jul 1, 1:07 pm ETOSLO (AFP)--A top government official and exiled separatists from Russia's war-ravaged Chechnya region have met for the first time this week for peace talks, a participant said Wednesday.
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Amnesty: N Caucasus Rts Abuses Lend Lie To "Normality" Claim
Nasdaq - Wed Jul 1, 12:37 pm ETLONDON -(Dow Jones)- Amnesty International said Wednesday that ongoing human rights abuses in Chechnya and Ingushetia "lend the lie" to Russian protestations that life is reverting to normal in the North Caucasus.
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Ingushetia's troubles carry echoes of Chechnya - Feature
EARTHtimes.org - Sun Jun 28, 10:25 pm ETKiev - With fanfare and press conferences, the Kremlin on April 16 declared victory in its long-running war in Chechnya against separatism and Islamic fundamentalism. But it seems that announcement might have come too soon. For, while the fighting mi...
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Russia holds major war games in Caucasus
San Francisco Chronicle - Mon Jun 29, 2:50 am ETThousands of troops, backed by hundreds of tanks, artillery and other heavy weaponry, began rumbling through the North Caucasus on Monday, as Russia began its largest military exercises since last year's war with Georgia. The Caucasus 2009 war games are being... Sponsored Topics: Russia - North Caucasus - Georgia - Military exercise - Chechnya
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Ingushetia Denies Security Control Given To Chechnya
Nasdaq - Wed Jun 24, 5:22 am ETMOSCOW (AFP)--Russia's restive Ingushetia region insisted Wednesday that it remained in control of local security after the head of neighboring Chechnya said he had been told by the Kremlin to take charge.
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Today from VOA:
Voice of America - Thu Jun 25, 11:45 am ETA Russian Supreme Court judge overturned the acquittals of three men who had been charged with taking part in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. The reporter and human rights advocate had been a leading critic of the Russian government and its policy in Chechnya.
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Chechen President Vows Revenge For Attack On Ingush President
INO News - Wed Jun 24, 8:13 pm ET(RTTNews) - Ramzan Kadyrov, the president of the republic of Chechnya, announced Wednesday that he will work closely with the government of neighboring Republic of Ingushetia to eliminate the militants in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region and vowed to seek vengeance for the attempted assassination of Ingush President earlier in the week.
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Moscow Orders Chechen President To Step Up Security In North Caucasus Region
INO News - Tue Jun 23, 6:44 pm ET(RTTNews) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered Ramzan Kadyrov, the president of the republic of Chechnya, to step up security measures in the country's North Caucasus region following an assassination attempt on the president of neighboring republic of Ingushetia, reported state-run RIA Novosti news agency on Tuesday.
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Independent newspaper faces closure in Russia
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Jun 19, 10:14 am ETAn independent newspaper in a Russian province near Chechnya is facing closure on charges of carrying extremist statements — an accusation its editor denounced as an attempt to stifle criticism of police brutality.
