Chechen Republic

Justice, Chechen style,

opendemocracy.net     19 hrs ago          

Someone is charged with banditry and sentenced to imprisonment. Chechnya is full of stories like this, and they are almost all the same. They are so common that unless you have the details of the case at hand, the names are...                

Geopolitics And Terrorism In North Caucasus

usc.edu     yesterday          

GEOPOLITICS AND TERRORISM IN NORTH CAUCASUS Igor Dolmatov http://en.fondsk.ru/article.php?id=1480 22.07.2008 Transcaucasia (South Caucasus) is a major conflict zone in the post-Soviet space. If NATO Membership Action Plans are...                

The Best and the saddest post of my life..Amazing Photographs

yousaytoo.com     yesterday          

The title of this post is actually 50 Best photos in History, going through them, I have not found one picture that is not sad, hence came up with the title. Source and copyright www.worldpressphoto.org June 11, 1963 MALCOLM W....                

Former hostage returns to county

shropshirestar.co.uk     yesterday          

A former Shropshire woman who became headline news around the world when she was kidnapped in Chechnya is returning to her home county to give a talk in Church Stretton. Camilla Carr, 50, will be at the Longmynd Hotel on Sunday...                

Similar, But Different

russiaprofile.org     yesterday          

The Northern Caucasus today has diverse problems that are impossible to solve “using the same measure.” However, as this region “awakens” and bears witness to an increase of protesting attitudes, the Caucasus, more than ever...                

The “vanished” grave

watchdog.cz     Jul 21, 2008          

The fact that something more resembling life and less akin to war has been established in Chechnya will not be able to remove the mortal concern from human souls: what is to be done with those who took the lives of others in...                

3 police officers shot dead in Russia's Chechnya region

iht.com     Jul 21, 2008   10 related          

A local Interior Ministry official says unidentified assailants have shot and killed three police officers in Russia's troubled North Caucasus region of Chechnya. The official says the bullet-riddled bodies of three officers...                

Afghanistan Replaces Iraq As Foreign Jihadis New Destination of Choice

patdollard.com     Jul 21, 2008   24 related          

Shocker! Afghani warlord insurgents are being bolstered by men from Saudi Arabia, Chechnya, Turkey and Pakistan. Afghanistan is replacing Iraq as the destination of choice for international jihadists, Western intelligence...                

Prosecutor beaten in Chechnya received death threats for participation in lawsuit against FSB...

axisglobe.com     Jul 21, 2008          

The beaten on July 17 in the Chechen capital city of Grozny acting prosecutor of the city’s Zavodsky district received death threats for participation in the lawsuit against two former servicemen of the disbanded Russian...                

Three police officers killed in Chechnya

rian.ru     Jul 21, 2008          

MOSCOW, July 21 (RIA Novosti) - Three police officers were shot dead while on patrol early on Monday morning in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a police source has said. "The bodies of the police officers were...                

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