The Caucasus
Russia Admits Rebel Fighter Activity in Chechnya
November 24, 2008Faced with recurring reports of assaults and assassinations in Grozny and the rest of Chechnya, Russian government officials are being forced to admit that rebel fighter operations have become a reality. As always, the leadership...
Dagestani Jamaat Expands Operations into Azerbaijan
November 24, 2008
Everything started last August 17 with the explosion at the Abu Bekir mosque in Baku. This mosque is considered a meeting place for those who adhere to the Salafi ideology. A grenade was thrown into the mosque during the evening...
Kadyrov Leads a Special Operation
November 24, 2008
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov personally organized and led a special operation aimed at members of “illegal armed formations” in Chechnya’s Kurchaloi and Nozhai-Yurt districts on November 14-15, Interfax reported, citing the...
Islamic Militants Ratchet Up Attacks in Dagestan
November 24, 2008
Dagestan has seen an uptick in violence between security forces and suspected Islamic militants during the past week. A police officer was killed in the village of Leninkent near the capital Makhachkala on November 19. Interfax...
New Ingush President Shows Signs that he’ll Take a Different Approach
November 24, 2008Prague Watchdog on November 19 published a piece that warmly praised Ingushetia’s new president, General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, who replaced the wildly unpopular Murat Zyazikov (North Caucasus Weekly, October 31). The website called...
Polish, Georgian Presidents’ Motorcade Shot at from South Ossetia
November 24, 2008At dusk on November 23, machine-gun fire from the direction of a Russian checkpoint forced Presidents Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia and Lech Kaczynski of Poland to cut short a visit with Georgian refugees from South Ossetia....
Azerbaijan-Georgia Corridor: Growing Transit Volumes Bolster Security
November 18, 2008Russia’s invasion of Georgia severely disrupted the operation of the energy transit corridor during August and September, causing revenue losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars to Georgia, Azerbaijan, and the oil and gas...
Azerbaijan Hosts Energy Summit
November 17, 2008Presidents and other senior officials from 14 countries in the Caspian, Black Sea, Central European and Baltic regions, as well as U.S. and EU delegations, attended an energy summit on November 14 in Baku. The event signaled...
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