On July 22, the Memorial human rights center published a report on the most recent trends and developments in the North Caucasus. The report summarizes events spanning March-May 2011, and covers primarily Dagestan, Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria. The report notes there was an increase of 6,000 Russian law enforcement and military servicemen in Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria in March. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why law enforcement personnel suffered fewer casualties in the spring of 2011 – with 44 killed and 53 wounded, compared to 65 killed and 135 wounded in the same period of 2010 (http://www.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/189517/#6).
However, the casualty figures do not always translate into a correct assessment of the level of tension in a given region. For example, of the 44 servicemen killed in the ...
The consolidation of all nationalities and representatives of all religious faiths living in Russia should be given the status of a national idea, believes the head of the Chechen republic, Ramzan Kadyrov.
"Without this, the country won’t be able to maintain its unity; it won’t be able to become a strong power. The might of our country is in its unity. And now, when some forces are trying to divide Russia… we should set out as a united front to defend the interethnic and multi-religious stability of the country. I am convinced that this should be the backbone of Russian society. I would say, it is the national idea of our state,” Ramzan Kadyrov continued, commenting on statements regarding interethnic relations made by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. Putin’s comments came while addressing a meeting of ...
Putin has claimed that Chechnya is not responsible for this week's Moscow airport bombing. But the volatile region is still under the microscope.
By Ross Bonander,
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Chechnya: 5 Things Men Should Know The republic of Chechnya, no bigger than the state of Connecticut, occupies just 0.1% of Russia's total land mass. Its people represent just 0.77% percent of the country's population. Yet Chechnya somehow manages to be the cause of a disproportionate amount of headaches at the Kremlin.
The most recent headache could well stem from the January 24th bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport. Though Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said that Chechen rebels are not responsible for the attack, Russia's most volatile region is still under the microscope. The story is changing by the minute, but if it turns out that Chechens -- or "freedom fighters" from one of its Northern ...
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