Two Russian soldiers injured by explosive device

Publication: Quarterly Special Report Volume: 0 Issue: 0 Category: Quarterly Strategic Reports, Report The horrible tragedy in Boston on April 15 has refocused Western attention on Russia's troubled North Caucasus, which has already experienced ...

Moscow, June 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that law enforcers and special services resolutely rebuke extremists and criminal formations in Russia's North Caucasus. "We must resolutely rebuke extremists, who attempt using ...

Two police officers have been killed and at least two others were injured during a shoot-out in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Daghestan. Daghestan's Interior Ministry said on June 11 that six police officers came under attack in the Novolak ...

NALCHIK, June 8 (RIA Novosti) - Unknown suspects killed a policeman near his house in Russias North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, a spokesman for the republics Interior Ministry said on Saturday. He said a lieutenant from the Baksansky ...

A Russian police officer who was wounded during a nighttime attack on his patrol in the North Caucasus city of Nalchik has died in hospital. The press service of the Interior Ministry of Russia's Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria made the announcement ...

But intelligence analysts and regional experts say an Islamic insurgency raging across the North Caucasus mountains that tower over the seaside resort of Sochi presents daunting threats. Despite the deployment of tens of thousands of Russian troops, ...

Makhachkala (Agencies): Powerful local politician from the restive North Caucasus region over the murder of an investigator. Said Amirov, mayor of the city of Makhachkala in Dagestan, was arrested in a dramatic operation involving a helicopter and ...

Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan has eliminated direct elections for the republic's leader. Daghestan's parliament has passed a law that provides for the head of the republic to be elected by lawmakers. Earlier this month, the People's ...

The mayor of the capital city of Dagestan, the turbulent Russian province in the North Caucasus, has been arrested on charges of murder. Moscow prosecutors have charged Said Amirov, the mayor of Makhachkala in Dagestan, along with two other men, ...