Topic: Ingushetia

Russia praises bin Laden operation, seeks greater counterterror cooperation with US

Russia eliminated a number of top militant leaders. Russian experts warn that eliminating Osama bin Laden does not remove the threat of Al Qaeda attacks.

Chechen terrorist issues stark video warning to Russians

Russia's most wanted terrorist, Chechen Doku Umarov, warned Muscovites of an upcoming wave of suicide assaults. His video comes just two weeks after a suicide attack at Domodedovo airport.

Moscow airport bombing: A signal for Russia to change

If it turns out that the Moscow airport bombing was caused by terrorists from the north Caucasus, the Kremlin will need to do more than talk tough and blame airport security.

After Moscow attack, Russians question Putin's war on terror

Russians are asking whether the repeated ability of jihadists from the turbulent northern Caucasus to strike at will in Moscow means that the country is losing its own war on terror.

In shift, Kremlin reopens cases of Russian reporters' unsolved murders

The announcement came during the Kremlin's meeting today with the Committee to Protect Journalists. Rights groups have been pressing to address major unsolved murders, such as the slaying of Anna Politkovskaya.

Dagestan suicide bombing targets Russian military

A Dagestan suicide bombing that struck a Russian military base Sunday underscored the difficulties Moscow faces in stamping out violence in the restive republic.

Chechnya blast strikes capital, seven injured

Chechnya blast, caused by a suicide bomber, injures seven in the capital, Grozny.

Russia Islamist network takes shape as Caucasus hit by another terrorist attack

An attack in Ingushetia today, the fifth to shake Russia in a week, underscores the threat posed by an Islamist insurgent network that has emerged from the ashes of Chechnya's nationalist rebellion.

String of bombings hits Russia's Caucasus: first Dagestan, now Ingushetia attack

An Ingushetia attack killed two police officers on Monday, continuing the near daily terrorist attacks in Russia’s Caucasus since the devastating Moscow metro bombings last week.

Does Moscow subway bombing mark the return of the black widow?

Russia alleges two Chechen women carried out Moscow subway bombing that killed at least 38 people. If that allegation proves true, it will mark the return of the black widow suicide bombers.

Moscow Metro bombings: Insecurity in Chechnya, N. Caucasus, comes to Moscow

Officials blamed today's twin Moscow Metro bombings, which struck near the FSB security service and a major state-run media outlet, on two female suicide bombers from the N. Caucasus.

20 insurgents killed as Jihadist attacks rise in Russia's Caucasus

An Islamist insurgency is now spreading beyond Chechyna to the entire patchwork of republics known as the north Caucasus.

Suicide bomb in Russia's Dagestan follows strike on Al Qaeda

A suicide bomb in Russia's restive Caucasus region closely follows a strike that took out Al Qaeda's appointed 'Amir' in the majority-Muslim republic of Dagestan. The suicide bomb killed six and wounded 14.

Russia train bombing: sign of new terror tactics?

Russia analysts say security forces are unprepared for terror attacks, like Friday's train bombing, executed by small terrorist cells.

Slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya symbol of threatened press

Anna Politkovskaya was murdered three years ago, but her killers have not been brought to justice. Russian journalists say that's a sign of how dangerous their jobs have become.

Truck bomb signals trouble on Russia's southern flank

A week of regional violence climaxed Monday in Ingushetia when a suicide bomber blew a hole in a heavily fortified police headquarters, killing at least 20.

Who killed Natalya Estemirova?

Colleagues of Ms. Estemirova say her murder Wednesday is part of a pattern that shows cost of a Kremlin pact with Chechnyan President Ramzan Kadyrov.

Chechnya: 'Open season' for killing rights activists?

Natalia Estemirova, who has long documented abuses by government-backed militias, is the fourth prominent critic of Kremlin policies to be killed in three years.

Attack on Russian regional leader marks rising tensions

Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, the Kremlin-backed president of Ingushetia, is the fourth government official in the North Caucasus targeted this month.

Ingushetia bombing undercuts Russia's claims of a calmer neighborhood

Continued violence in the North Caucusus region could be fueled by anger over corruption, experts say.

Chechnya: Russia declares 'mission accomplished' in strong-man state

The country is under the harsh, one-man rule of Ramzan Kadyrov, who wears a track suit, keeps a pet tiger, and urges men to take second wives.

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