Four militants killed in Chechnya operation
September 21st, 2012 - 3:21 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least four militants have been killed in a special police operation in Russia's troubled southwestern Chechnya region, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said.The operation was ... Read more...
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Russia’s first Muslim TV channel goes on air
August 20th, 2012 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's first public Muslim TV channel, Al-RTV, has gone on air ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.According to the Bashinform news portal, Al-RTV has been established by Russia's ... Read more...
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Russian jailed for 14 years for 2010 bombing
May 31st, 2012 - 4:36 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian man has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for organising a terror attack in September 2010 that killed 19 people in a ... Read more...
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Terror attack foiled in Russia
March 14th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian security forces Wednesday prevented a terror attack by defusing nine bombs at an illegal laboratory in Nalchik city.According to the National Anti-Terrorism Committee, the ... Read more...
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Russian terror crimes down by 50 percent
February 15th, 2012 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The number of terrorism-related crimes in Russia went down by half in 2011 from the previous year's figures, a top official said Wednesday.The number of ... Read more...
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Ethnic tensions could destroy Russia, warns Putin
January 24th, 2012 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned rising nationalism posed a threat to the country's future and called for a clampdown on "disrespectful" internal migrants."Attempts to ... Read more...
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Russian army buys cutting-edge mine detectors
January 24th, 2012 - 9:55 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian defence ministry has begun buying a new mine-detection device able to spot inactivated mines, hidden underground or inside buildings, a military spokesman said.The ... Read more...
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Russia killed 300 militants in North Caucasus in 2011
December 3rd, 2011 - 4:15 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 3 (IANS) Russian interior forces have eliminated over 300 militants in the Northern Caucasus regions in 2011, the government said Friday.As per a report presented by ministry official ... Read more...
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Car bomb kills four in Russia
September 28th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Four people, including a policeman, were killed Wednesday when a car bomb exploded in Russia's Dagestan republic, the interior ministry said.The car blew up in ... Read more...
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Two terrorists held over deadly attack in Russia
May 31st, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two members of a militant group, which launched a deadly attack in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz in September 2010 that killed 17 people, ... Read more...
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Putin fears growing Islamic radicalism in north Africa
February 25th, 2011 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, Feb 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he fears the growing unrest in north Africa will strengthen radical groups, which could have a negative impact on ... Read more...
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Two killed in Russia blasts
February 15th, 2011 - 9:22 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least two police officers were killed and about 20 injured in two successive blasts in Russia's restive North Caucasus region, an official said Tuesday.A female suicide ... Read more...
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Former Russian intelligence officer dismisses Putin’s spy claims
December 4th, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI
Moscow, Dec.4 (ANI): A former Russian military intelligence officer has dismissed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's claim that Russian spies did not engage in torture or kidnapping.Historian Boris Volodarsky, a UK-based veteran of ... Read more...
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Five injured in Russia blast
October 24th, 2010 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Four policemen and one woman were injured Sunday in an explosion in the Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, an official said."An explosive device exploded around 11.20 ... Read more...
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Two militants killed in Russia
October 23rd, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two militants were killed in a shootout in Russia's volatile southern republic of Dagestan Saturday, police said."The incident occurred in the Kizilyurtovsk region of Dagestan. Police were ... Read more...
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At least four dead after shooting in Russia’s Chechen parliament
October 19th, 2010 - 2:12 pm ICT by BNO News
GROZNY, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) -- At least four people were killed on Tuesday after attackers broke into the parliament building of Russia's Chechen parliament, Russian news agencies reported.The RIA news agency reported ... Read more...
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13 militants killed in Russia’s Dagestan
September 13th, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least 13 militants were killed in a raid carried out by the security personnel in Russia's volatile North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, the National Anti-terrorism Committee ... Read more...
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Five killed in suicide terror attack in Russia
September 5th, 2010 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least five people were killed and 39 injured early Sunday in a suicide terror attack on a military unit in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, ... Read more...
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Two police officers among 12 killed in Chechnya
August 29th, 2010 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Grozny, Aug 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two police officers and 10 militants were killed Sunday in a shootout in the ancestral village of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov.
The shootout took place in Chechnya's Kurchaloyevsky ... Read more...
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Two killed in Russia terror attack
July 21st, 2010 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least two people were killed and one injured in two suspected terror attacks at a hydropower plant and a police building in Russia's volatile North Caucasus ... Read more...
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Russian police kill five militants in Dagestan
June 16th, 2010 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least five militants were killed in an operation carried out in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, a police spokesperson said Wednesday.
The spokesperson said four police ... Read more...
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Gunmen attack investigators’ car in Russia
May 22nd, 2010 - 7:09 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Unidentified gunmen attacked a car carrying investigators in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia late Friday, police said.
The attack, in which two people were injured, took place ... Read more...
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One killed, seven injured in Dagestan blast
May 8th, 2010 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least one person was killed and seven people were injured in a blast that ripped through a railway station in Derbent town in the Russian North ... Read more...
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Over 3,000 pay tribute to Moscow terror victims
April 1st, 2010 - 3:10 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) More than 3,000 people gathered in central Moscow Wednesday to remember the victims of the suicide bomb attacks on subway stations here, an official said.
Thousands of candles ... Read more...
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Suicide attack in Russia’s Dagestan kills six
January 6th, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Makhachkala, Jan 6 (RIA Novosti) The number of police killed in a suicide bomb attack in Dagestan, Russia's north Caucasus republic, has risen to six, the regional emergency medicine centre said ... Read more...
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Major terrorist attack foiled in North Caucasus
January 5th, 2010 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 5 (RIA Novosti) Police in Russia's north Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria have prevented a major terrorist attack after discovering a powerful bomb planted near a busy road, an official said ... Read more...
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Russian security forces kill four militants
September 12th, 2009 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Makhachkala (Russia), Sep 12 (RIA Novosti) Four militants were killed Saturday in a counter-terrorist operation on the outskirts of Makhachkala, the capital of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, a police spokesman ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda ‘coordinator’ killed in Russia
August 31st, 2009 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Makhachkala/Moscow, Aug 31 (RIA Novosti) One of the two militants killed in a shootout with the security forces in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Dagestan was an Algerian-born member of Al ... Read more...
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Minister killed in Russia’s Ingushetia republic
July 17th, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 17 (Xinhua) The sports and tourism minister of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia was killed when some gunmen attacked his car Friday morning, authorities said.
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Ingushetia president injured in assassination attempt
June 22nd, 2009 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 22 (RIA Novosti) The president of Russia's volatile southern republic of Ingushetia has been hospitalised after he was seriously injured in an assassination attempt, the republic's interior ministry said Monday.
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Russia begins military exercises in North Caucasus
July 5th, 2008 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Vladikavkaz (Russia), July 5 (RIA Novosti) Russia began Saturday large scale military exercises in several regions of the southern federal district, which includes highly volatile North Caucasus republics, a senior military ... Read more...
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Three civilians killed in Chechnya militant attack
June 13th, 2008 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Grozny (Russia), June 13 (RIA Novosti) Three civilians were killed, one injured and several others abducted when a group of Chechnya militants attacked a village in Russia's North Caucasus region, a ... Read more...
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Bomb blast kills five policemen in Chechnya
May 5th, 2008 - 11:52 am ICT by admin
DPA
Moscow, May 5 (DPA) Five policemen were killed and two injured in a bomb explosion in Chechnya, Interfax news agency reported Monday. No has claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack in the suburb ... Read more...
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