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CAUCASUS
Female suicide bomb attack in Grozny targets police
At least two police officers were injured when a female suicide bomber self-detonated in an attack targeting the main thoroughfare of Chechnya's capital Grozny, known as Putin Street after the Russian prime minister.
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Karinna Moskalenko, lawyer for the Politkovskaya family
Karinna Moskalenko, lawyer for the family of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, discusses the decision by Russia’s supreme court to halt a new trial into Politkovskaya’s murder so a new search can be launched for her killers.
CAUCASUS
Four police are killed in suicide bombing
Four police have been killed in a suicide bombing in Chechnya, the latest deadly attack in the increasingly violent Russian region, officials said.
CAUCASUS
Russia's Putin makes surprise visit to Chechnya
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Chechnya for talks with the local premier, Ramzan Kadyrov, amid a recent spike in violence in the Russian republics of the North Caucasus.
CHECHNYA
Suicide attacks kill at least four policemen
Two deadly suicide attacks rocked the Chechen capital of Grozny Friday killing at least four policemen, Russian news agencies have reported. Chechen Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov told reporters that both attackers used bicycles.
RUSSIA
Chechen militants claim responsibility for Siberia dam disaster
Chechen fighters are claiming responsibility for a disaster on Monday at a hydro-electric dam in Siberia that is believed to have killed over 70 people. The Kremlin rejects the rebel claims and has offered to pay the victims' families compensation.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Chaos reigns in the North Caucasus
Instability in the North Caucasian republics of Dagestan, Ingushetia and Chechnya is intensifying. Violence and corruption are endemic, and Moscow is struggling to maintain a grip on the Russian Federation's restive southern republics.
CAUCASUS
Russian human rights activists under siege
In this edition: After charity head Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband were found dead in Chechnya in yet another murder of an NGO worker in the conflict-torn region, Focus looks at the dangers of being a human rights activist in Russia.
CHECHNYA
Kidnapped children's charity chief and husband found dead
The head of a children's charity and her husband, kidnapped on Monday by a group of armed men in Chechnya, have been found dead in a suburb of the capital, Grozny, Interfax news agency reports.
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Ingushetia's rising violence
Corruption and violence between clans in the Republic of Ingushetia, a province of 300,000 people nestled in the explosive Northern Caucasus, bordering troubled Chechnya and North Ossetia, have contributed to a recent deadly rise in violence.
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