Chechen rebel chief revokes resignation: video
The Islamist rebel leading the anti-Kremlin insurgency in the Russian region of Chechnya Wednesday withdrew an announcement that he was stepping down and vowed to carry on killing “enemies of Allah”.
Journalist’s killer shot to death in Ingushetia
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia – Gunmen on Wednesday shot and killed a former policeman who was convicted last year of killing a journalist critical of officials in Russia’s violent Caucasus region.
Payam Akhavan: The World Court’s Decision on Kosovo Reinforces Georgia’s Case
Georgia’s case that victims of ethnic cleansing have an undeniable right to return to their homes and villages and that Russia’s illegal occupation of Abkhazia and South Ossetia must end has now been strengthened.
Chechen Rebel Backtracks on Resignation
Chechen rebel Doku Umarov said in an Internet video posting on Wednesday that he would not step down as leader of the Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus, in an apparent U-turn from his earlier resignation.
Nicaraguan president to visit South Ossetia in September
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is to visit South Ossetia on September 20 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the republic’s declaration of independence, South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity said.
Two years on, Medvedev says Russia did right thing in South Ossetia
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday he is sure Russia did the right thing in August 2008 when it fought Georgia and recognized the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Georgian Rocket Attack Raises Questions
Georgia claims to have proof the aircraft that violated Georgian airspace on August 6 and dropped a guided missile near breakaway South Ossetia came from Russia.
Cop who killed journalist killed
MOSCOW – A RUSSIAN police officer who killed prominent opposition journalist Magomed Yevloyev in turbulent Ingushetia province two years ago was himself shot dead on Wednesday, officials said. Unidentified gunmen fired on members of the local interior ministry in the town of Nazran, killing policeman Ibragim Yevloyev, 34, a local administrator told Moscow Echo radio.
Russian Gen.: Georgian Army Focused on Defensive Measures
Unable to restore control over Abkhazia and South Ossetia with use of force, the Georgian army is now focused on defensive measures, said Russian colonel general, Anatoly Nogovitsyn, who is deputy chief of staff of Moscow-led security bloc of seven former Soviet republics known as the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
South Ossetia civil society activist beaten
Amnesty International is calling on the de facto authorities in South Ossetia to conduct a full, prompt and impartial investigation into an attack on a prominent journalist and civil society activist
Police officer who shot reporter killed in Russia
MOSCOW, Aug 5 — A senior policeman who sparked an international outcry by shooting dead a prominent journalist in Russia’s volatile southern region of Ingushetia two years ago was himself shot and killed yesterday, officials said. Ibragim Yevloyev, who was jailed for killing the editor of Ingushetia’s main opposition news website, was shot with an …
