Caucasus News Update – Gurgen Yeghiazaryan: It was Armenia that caused Turkeys penetration into South Caucasus (PanARMENIAN.Net)

Gurgen Yeghiazaryan: It was Armenia that caused Turkeys penetration into South Caucasus (PanARMENIAN.Net)
“Its the first time since 1915 for Armenia to find itself in such a disgracing situation,” Hnchak Social Democratic party board member said.

Russia: Officer Shot Dead in Dagestan (New York Times)
Three masked men shot and killed a special forces officer in Russia’s Dagestan region on Thursday, officials said, the latest in a wave of attacks that have undermined the Kremlin’s grip on the mainly Muslim North Caucasus.

Russian security officials beheaded in North Caucasus (New Kerala)
Moscow, Nov 24: A police investigator and a court bailiff were found beheaded in a car trunk in Russia’s Muslim-dominated region of Kabardino-Balkaria, in North Caucasus, RIA Novosti reported today.

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In an interview of Alla Dudayeva with one of the leading anti-Islamic propaganda mouthpiece, the Russian newspaper ” Kommersant “, she repeated a dirty lie of the enemies of Muslims and Chechen people that Shamil Basayev (Shaheed inshaAllah) supposedly had some connection with Russian security services, in particular, with GRU (Main Intelligence Agency).

Beheaded bodies found in Russia’s Caucasus (MSNBC)
The beheaded bodies of a police officer and a bailiff have been found in a volatile province in Russia’s North Caucasus, officials said Tuesday.

Georgian, Polish Defense Ministers Meet in Tbilisi (Civil Georgia)
Georgian Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia met on November 27 with his Polish counterpart, Bogdan Klich, who is visiting Georgia as a part of his South Caucasus tour.

Council of Europe condemns terrorism in Chechnya (EARTHtimes.org)
Strasbourg – Authorities in Chechnya need to do more to protect citizens from terrorism and actions of illegal armed groups, the human rights commissioner of the Council of Europe said Tuesday. Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg urged the authorities to …

Police kill three militants in Russia’s North Caucasus (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Police killed three militants in a special operation near the border of the Russian North Caucasus republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia on Tuesday, a Chechen representative in the Russian parliament said.

Watchdog warning about TV in post-Soviet states (AP via Yahoo! News)
Government-influenced television is hampering democracy in Russia, Belarus and most post-Soviet countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus, and it could endanger international peace and security if misused as a propaganda tool, a watchdog warned Thursday.

Security officials found beheaded in Russia’s North Caucasus (People’s Daily)
The headless bodies of a court bailiff and a police officer have been found in Russia’s turbulent North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, news agencies reported on Tuesday. The bodies were found late Monday in the trunk of a car parked in the town of Chegen, and they had been shot before being beheaded, RIA Novosti quoted a local security official as saying. Police are looking into …

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