Russia killed 300 militants in North Caucasus in 2011
December 3rd, 2011 - 4:15 am ICT by IANSMoscow, 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 Army General Nikolai Rogozhkin, the forces also destroyed 366 hideouts of the militants, seized 1,400 firearms, 17,000 pieces of ammunition and 500 kg of explosives, Xinhua reported.
He also noted that the interior troops of Russia have reached the planned size of 170,000 in 2011, 40 percent of them are equipped with modern arms.
Militants frequently launch attacks against police officials and authorities in the country’s North Caucasus republics of Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia.
The North Caucasus is the northern part of the Caucasus region between the Black and Caspian Seas and within European Russia. The term is also used as a synonym for the North Caucasus economic region of Russia.
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