Caucasus
– MOSCOW’S DOMODEDOVO BLAST
Moscow's Domodedovo airport has been rocked by an explosion, on Monday 01/24/2010 afternoon. At least 35 people have been killed. reports suggest a suicide bomber was behind the blast. Continue reading
– MILITANTS ATTCKED CHECHEN’S PRESIDENT COMPOUND
A daring militant raid on Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov's home village, on Sunday 08/29/2010, erupted in a gunbattle that killed at least 14 people, officials said. Continue reading
– MARYAM SHARIPOVA MAGOMEDOV
On 04/04/2010 the Russian authorities said they have identified the second suicide bomber as Maryam Sharipova Magomedov, a 28 years old computer science teacher from Dagestan. Continue reading
– 12 MORE KILLED IN DAGESTAN BOMBINGS
At least 12 people, including a top local police official, have been killed, on Wednesday 03/31/2010, by two suicide bombings in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan. Continue reading
– ALEXANDER TICHOMIROV [SAID BURYATSKY]
Alexander Tichomirov, also known as Said Buryatsky, was born in 1982, in the Buddhist republic of Buryatia and converted to Islam as a teenager. Continue reading
– MOHAMAD SHAABAN KILLED IN DAGESTAN
Russia's Federal Security Service said, on Wednesday 02/03/2010, the Egyptian Mohmad Mohamad Shaaban was killed in a special operation in Dagestan. Continue reading
– PAVEL KOSOLAPOV
Pavel Kosolapov is an ethnic Russian and an ex-solider and Russian army military cadet. Continue reading
– UP TO 20 MILITANTS KILLED IN CHECHNYA
Chechen security forces have killed up to 20 anti-government fighters in a helicopter gunship attack, according to the region's leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Saturday 11/15/2009. Continue reading
– SUICIDE BOMBER STRIKED IN CHECHNYA
A female suicide bomber has blown herself up beside a police car in Grozny, the capital of Russia's southern region of Chechnya, on Wednesday 09/16/2009, wounding six people. Continue reading
– A SUICIDE BOMBER KILLED 4 IN CHECHNYA
At least four policemen have been killed and one injured in a suicide bombing Russia's mainly Muslim republic of Chechnya, on Tuesday 08/25/2009, according to local media. Continue reading