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Security Forces Kill Three In Daghestan

Security officers have reportedly shot dead three militants in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Daghestan. More

Suspected Militants Killed In Daghestan

Russia's Interior Ministry says security troops have killed suspected four militants in Dagestan's Khasavyurt district. More

Four Killed In Daghestan Bomb

Officials in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Daghestan say at least four police officers are dead and six others are injured after an attack by a suicide bomber. More

Militant Killed In Ingushetia

A suspected militant has been killed in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia. More

Arrest In Daghestan Police Children Murders

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of a local policeman's children in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Daghestan. More

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Gakayev Deaths Leave One Campfire Less In Chechen Mountains

Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov exultantly described the demise of two veteran insurgency commanders as the most significant blow since the death in July 2006 of renegade field commander Shamil Basayev. But like the killing of other senior commanders, it does not necessarily herald the demise of the insurgency as a potent fighting force. More

Ramazan Abdulatipov during his service as Russia

Who Is Ramazan Abdulatipov?

Russian President Vladimir Putin has named former Russian Nationalities Minister Ramazan Abdulatipov as acting head of Abdulatipov's home republic of Daghestan, replacing Magomedsalam Magomedov, whose dismissal has been anticipated. More

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Russian Interior Ministry troops in front of a destroyed home in the village of Novo-Fite in Daghestan. (file photo)

Jailed Daghestani Doctor's Wife Appeals To Putin, Denounces 'Meat Grinder'

The wife of a well-respected doctor from Daghestan has asked President Vladimir Putin to help free her husband. The anesthesiologist was detained last year on accusations of participating in the murder of a local police chief. His brother-in-law, a prominent surgeon, was beheaded after being arrested on the same charges. Family and friends insist on the doctors' innocence and say the case highlights rampant abuse by law-enforcement agencies in Russia's volatile North Caucasus.

In two years, Khadizhat Nasibova has seen her son and husband gunned down, as well as four other male relatives.

One Family's Story Of Death, Terror In Daghestan

Violent death has touched many families in Daghestan, a republic in Russia's North Caucasus that has seen a low-level insurgency and sectarian-driven violence for years now. But the family of 54-year-old Khadizhat Nasibova in the village of Kirovaul has been devastated.

Cultural tug-of-war? Children at an inter-ethnic camp in Omsk, Russia

Rumblings In The Republics: New Russian Nationalities Policy Sparks Outcry

A new nationalities policy sets guidelines for policies affecting Russia's nearly 200 ethnic groups. Its drafting has provoked intense concern among them that the status of non-Russian nationalities could be diminished.

"When [my brother] tells me...that I shouldn

Daghestani Brothers Struggle To Bridge Religious, Political Divides

Russia's North Caucasus republic of Daghestan has been coping with a low-level insurgency, as well as a tense conflict between the Sufi and Salafist branches of Islam, for years. RFE/RL's North Caucasus Service spoke to two brothers -- one of whom practices the officially accepted Sufi Islam while the other has converted to the banned Salafist faith -- about how their religious differences have strained their family bonds.

RFE/RL's North Caucasus Service reports the news in one of the most violent and dangerous regions in the world where media freedom and journalists remain under severe threat.