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2010-03-18: Headlines

ITAR-TASS: Six militants destroyed in special operation in Chechnya 2010-03-18
GROZNY, March 18 (Itar-Tass) -- A total of six militants have been destroyed during a special operation which began on Wednesday in Chechnya' s Vedeno ...
RIA Novosti: Four militants killed in southeastern Chechnya 2010-03-18
GROZNY, March 18 (RIA Novosti) - Four militants have been killed in an ongoing police operation in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechny ...
News.Az: Georgia not informed about arms supply to Azerbaijan 2010-03-18
They refer to “a source in the law enforcement bodies” who confirmed that there are citizens of Russia from Dagestan and Chechnya among eight detained.
Financial Times: States embark on a scramble for cyberspace 2010-03-18
You can read about atrocities committed in Chechnya if you wish but you can be confident that somebody will be looking over your digital shoulder.
People's Daily Online: Four militants killed in Russia's Chechnya 2010-03-18
Russian police killed four militants in the troubled southern republic of Chechnya, Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday, citing Chechen leader Ramz ...
RIA Novosti: Three police killed in special operation in Chechnya 2010-03-18
... been shot dead by militants during a special operation in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a police source told RIA Novosti on Thursday.
The Voice of Russia: Four militants killed in Chechnya 2010-03-18
Four militants are reported to have been killed in the Vedensky District in Chechnya in the course of a special operation by special task forces.
Prague Watchdog: Chechnya – school of courage (weekly review) 2010-03-18
He does not want to see in the republic combined detachments of police from the various regions of Russia, forces that do constant service in Chechnya on ...
RT: Six militants killed in Al Qaeda–linked Chechen gang 2010-03-18
Special forces have blockaded a gang of militants believed to have links to Al Qaeda in Russia's southern republic of Chechnya. Six gunmen were reportedly ...

2010-03-17: Headlines

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: Chechen Ex-President To Oversee Russian Prisons 2010-03-17
MOSCOW -- Former Chechen President Alu Alkhanov has been temporarily placed in charge of Russia's beleaguered penitentiary system, RFE/RL's Russian Service ...
Trading Markets: 'Svyazinvest wins licences for LTE roll-out' 2010-03-17
Russian operator Svyazinvest and its subsidiary Rostelecom have won tenders organized by the Russian regulator Roskomnadzor for licences to build wirele ...
The Moscow Times: Alkhanov to Oversee Prisons 2010-03-17
Deputy Justice Minister Alu Alkhanov, a former president of Chechnya, will take over responsibility for overseeing the prison system from his dismissed ...
Warsaw Business Journal: MIPIM update: International prospects in Cannes 2010-03-17
From Kaliningrad to Chechnya, Russian regional exhibitors pitch the country to visitors with interesting stands displaying elements of Russian tradition ...

2010-03-16: Headlines

Asian Tribune: Pakistan's security environments (1971-March 2010) 2010-03-16
Six Central Asian states and several Latvian states became independent and war of independence erupted in Chechnya. Yugoslavia fragmented into six state ...
The Moscow Times: The Hard Lives of Police and Prostitutes 2010-03-16
They told of how humanitarian aid packages that they sent to Chechnya ended up for sale on the marketplace. In addition, Moscow traffic police are under ...
Georgiandaily: Russian Government and Public View North Caucasians With Suspicion 2010-03-16
Chechnya's human rights ombudsman, Nurdi Nukhadzhiev, condemned the authors of the new Russian encyclopedia that in its entry on Chechnya, he ...
Transitions Online: Cultivating a Martial Spirit 2010-03-16
I covered the war in Chechnya as well. And I think that Georgian students should study military patriotism,” Aladashvili said. In the Soviet era student ...

2010-03-15: Headlines

CCTV: Two policemen killed in Russia's Chechnya 2010-03-15
MOSCOW, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Two policemen were killed in a shootout with militants in Russia's restive North Caucasus of Chechnya, a spokesman for local ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: Kadyrov Seeks To Expel Illegal Migrants And Russian Police 2010-03-15
Kadyrov explained that the deployment of police to Chechnya from other Russian regions is a drain on the federal budget, and he claimed that the heads ...
The Moscow Times: Russia Dismisses U.S. Human Rights Report 2010-03-15
"In Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan, the number of extrajudicial killings and disappearances increased markedly, as did the number of attacks on law ...
Georgiandaily: Eurasia Daily Monitor, The Jamestown Foundation — March 15, 2010 — Volume 7 ... 2010-03-15
Chechnya's human rights ombudsman, Nurdi Nukhadzhiev, condemned the authors of the new Russian encyclopedia that in its entry on Chechnya, he ...
Georgiandaily: Eurasia Daily Monitor, The Jamestown Foundation — March 15, 2010 — Volume 7 ... 2010-03-15
Chechnya's human rights ombudsman, Nurdi Nukhadzhiev, condemned the authors of the new Russian encyclopedia that in its entry on Chechnya, he ...
Times of Malta: US human rights report hits China and Iran 2010-03-15
"The government increasingly attempted to restrict media freedom to cover sensitive issues such as the conduct of federal forces in Chechnya, human right ...
Financial Times: Let Our Fame Be Great 2010-03-15
Bullough goes back to 1721, the first encounter between the Russians and the peoples of Chechnya and Dagestan, when one of Tsar Peter I's cavalry ...
Republican Information Agency: Up to 100 terrorists, around 1500 Wahhabis are active in Dagestan - official 2010-03-15
Law enforcement agencies assessments indicate that there are up to 100 terrorists and 1370 Wahhabis active in Dagestan. "According to the Interior Ministry ...
Republican Information Agency: 10 Rebels Killed in Dagestan 2010-03-15
The commandos ambushed a Gazel minivan carrying the insurgents, along with arms and explosives, on a road near Russia's border with Azerbaij ...
Wireless Week: Russia Awards More Spectrum Space for 4G 2010-03-15
The operator has 18 months to build and launch 4G networks using Russian equipment in each area. Networks will be launched in Tomsk and Chechnya.
TeleGeography: Rostelecom dominates 4G tender 2010-03-15
The company's success in the 4G auctions, however, has made it the fourth largest mobile operator in Russia in terms of licensed area – beating Tele2 ...
Republican Information Agency: Criminal Attacks on Authorities in N. Caucasus Threaten National Security - Fsb 2010-03-15
... Dagestan and Chechnya and the escalation of the situation in regions adjacent to the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone are sources of threats to Russia' ...
Eurasia Review: Grozny: Rebuilt, Fearful And (Almost) Forgotten By The West 2010-03-15
In 2003 the Kremlin carried out a referendum in Chechnya on the new constitution, which would confirm the country as a constituent republic of the Russi ...