Mark Franchetti: Moscow Correspondant
Times Online, UK - 1 hour ago
He reports on Russia and the former Soviet Union and also covered the wars in Kosovo, Chechnya, Afghanistan and Iraq. Before being posted to Russia in 1997 ...

Kadyrov's Power Grows As Commander Leaves
The Moscow Times, Russia - 16 hours ago
He said the move meant no commanders or security agencies capable of challenging Kadyrov remained in Chechnya. The Defense Ministry declined comment. ...

Russian security forces kill 2 suspected militants in raid near ...
International Herald Tribune, France - 16 hours ago
Police encircled a house in Nazran, the main city of the province of Ingushetia bordering Chechnya, where the suspects holed up, exchanging gunfire with ...
Two militants and civilian killed in Ingushetia RIA Novosti
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A Future Pacific Happy Time?
Strategy Page - 13 May 2008
Whatever Western analysts might say about the state of Russian democracy, the reality is that Russia is a stable political entity, unlike the volatile ...

Militant with Khattab links detained in Chechnya
RIA Novosti, Russia - 13 May 2008
He also said he had been schooled at Khattab's field training camp in the village of Serzhen Yurt in the Shali District of Chechnya. ...
Gunman from the Khattab’s gang detained in Chechnya ITAR-TASS
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RussiaToday
Politkovskaya murder suspect named
guardian.co.uk, UK - 12 May 2008
Makhmudov,a 34-year-old resident of Chechnya, has been officially charged with Politkovskaya's murder and an international warrant has been issued for his ...

Javno.hr
Russian police kill 2 rebels in Ingushetia-reports
Reuters - 10 May 2008
Another was injured and detained when police stormed a house in a village in the region, which borders the volatile Russian province of Chechnya. ...

CHECHNYA: HOPES OF PEACE AS REMOTE AS EVER
Monday Morning, Lebanon - 9 May 2008
The pro-Moscow chief administrator of Chechnya, Akhmed Kadyrov, confirmed that he would stand in the presidential election expected to take place at the end ...

Analysis: China faces tanker shortage
United Press International - 9 May 2008
Whatever Western analysts might say about the state of Russian democracy, the reality is that Russia is a stable political entity, unlike the volatile ...

The next president should make Russia a top priority
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 11 hours ago
The days of mutually assured destruction are over, but the spirit of mutual cooperation hoped for in the early days of Russian democracy have never emerged. ...

The next president should make Russia a top priority
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 9 May 2008
The days of mutually assured destruction are over, but the spirit of mutual cooperation hoped for in the early days of Russian democracy have never emerged. ...

Russia Blog
The Missing Debate
Russia Blog, WA - 15 hours ago
... of Russia and the hectoring "democracy promotion" there, both of which have only undermined US security and Russian democracy since the 1990s. ...

The Russian agenda
Reno Gazette Journal, NV - 8 hours ago
The days of mutually assured destruction are over, but the spirit of mutual cooperation hoped for in the early days of Russian democracy never emerged. ...

Russia's Chechnya says car production starts
Reuters - 8 May 2008
MOSCOW, May 8 (Reuters) - A new factory in the south Russian republic of Chechnya assembled its first cars on Thursday, the Chechen government said, ...

Russia: In Daghestan, Free Maternity Care Ends With Hospital Closure
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Czech Republic - 8 May 2008
Magomedova set up the hospital in 1994 in a dilapidated former clinic and has treated women from Daghestan as well as nearby Chechnya and North Ossetia. ...

BBC News
Moscow Diary: Chechnya challenge
BBC News, UK - 8 May 2008
Russia still has unfinished business in troubled Chechnya - and President Medvedev cannot ignore it, the BBC's James Rodgers reports. ...

Chechnya Launches Production
Kommersant, Russia - 8 May 2008
The Argun plant, Pishchemash, has set to manufacturing VAZ-21074 cars, the press service of Chechnya’s president reported. The estimated output of facility ...

Blast Kills Five Police in Chechnya
Moscow News, Russia - 7 May 2008
The large scale fighting in Chechnya has ended, but small clashes with terrorists continue. Also on Sunday a Russian traffic police inspector who was on a ...

Aljazeera.net
Russian democracy watchdog opens
Aljazeera.net, Qatar - 7 May 2008
A Russian think-tank aimed at offering a "fresh" perspective on international human rights and democracy is being set up in New York and Paris. ...

Monsters and Critics.com
Russian democracy watchdog opens
Aljazeera.net, Qatar - 7 May 2008
A Russian think-tank aimed at offering a "fresh" perspective on international human rights and democracy is being set up in New York and Paris. ...

Analysis: trouble brewing in the Caucasus
Religious Intelligence Ltd, UK - 3 hours ago
The most bloody and most destructive war to engulf the former Soviet Union, however, was in Chechnya from 1994 onwards. Annexed by the Russian Empire during ...

Siberian News Online
Krasnoyarsk contract soldier killed in Chechnya
Siberian News Online, Russia - 7 May 2008
Krasnoyarsk soldier Dmitry Polishchuk was killed in Groznyy. As Yuri Shvytkin, the Krasnoyarsk Territory Legislative Assembly deputy, told KNews, ...

Chechnya bomb kills five police
Tehran Times, Iran - 17 hours ago
Five police officers have been killed by a roadside bomb in Grozny, the capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, officials have said. ...

Rights Activists Call for Mine Clearing in Chechnya
RedOrbit, TX - 6 May 2008
Groznyy, 6 May: Leaders of public organizations in Chechnya are concerned about the lack of progress in the clearing the republic's territory of mines. ...
Chechen Ngos Worried By Lack of Progress in Clearing Republic of Mines RedOrbit
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Survey lists most world's most repressive regimes
The Associated Press - 6 May 2008
Two restive territories, Chechnya and Tibet, "whose inhabitants suffer intense repression," the organization said, were placed in the lowest category, ...

Survey lists most world's most repressive regimes
The Associated Press - 6 May 2008
Two restive territories, Chechnya and Tibet, "whose inhabitants suffer intense repression," the organization said, were placed in the lowest category, ...

Bombing in Chechnya Kills Five Police Officers
Washington Post, United States - 5 May 2008
A remote-controlled bomb exploded on a roadside late Sunday in Grozny, capital of the troubled Russian region of Chechnya, leaving five police officers dead ...

Bombay News
Bombing in Chechnya Kills Five Police Officers
Washington Post, United States - 5 May 2008
A remote-controlled bomb exploded on a roadside late Sunday in Grozny, capital of the troubled Russian region of Chechnya, leaving five police officers dead ...

Bomb Kills at Least 5 Police Officers in Chechnya
New York Times, United States - 5 May 2008
By CJ CHIVERS MOSCOW — At least five police officers were killed in Chechnya on Sunday when a makeshift remote-controlled bomb exploded in Grozny, ...

Turkish Press
Five police killed in Chechnya bomb attack
AFP - 5 May 2008
GROZNY, Russia (AFP) — A bomb attack on a security checkpoint in Russia's restive Chechnya province killed five policemen, just days ahead of Dmitry ...