Chechen

Chechen president under fire ahead of murder trial (AP)

November 15th, 2010

AP - An Austrian human rights lawyer says she hopes a trial concerning the slaying of a refugee will help bring about the prosecution of Chechnya’s president.

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Islamic militants raid Chechen parliament, 6 dead (AP)

October 19th, 2010

Special Force (OMON) officers are seen in front of Chechen parliament complex after a bomb blast in Grozny, Chechnya, southern Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. Insurgents stormed the parliament complex in Russia's volatile Chechnya region on Tuesday, killing at least 2 police officers and one parliamentary official, authorities said. At least three insurgents were also killed, ending the attack, they said. One insurgent set off a bomb at the gates of the parliament complex in the provincial capital, killing himself and wounding others, Chechen police spokesman Ramzam Bekkhoyev told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)AP - Islamic insurgents attacked Chechnya’s parliament Tuesday in a brazen suicide raid that left six people dead and 17 wounded, defying Kremlin claims of stability in the volatile southern…

Gunmen storm Chechen government buildings (AP)

October 19th, 2010

Special Force (OMON) officers are seen in front of Chechen parliament complex after a bomb blast in Grozny, Chechnya, southern Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010. Insurgents stormed the parliament complex in Russia's volatile Chechnya region on Tuesday, killing at least 2 police officers and one parliamentary official, authorities said. At least three insurgents were also killed, ending the attack, they said. One insurgent set off a bomb at the gates of the parliament complex in the provincial capital, killing himself and wounding others, Chechen police spokesman Ramzam Bekkhoyev told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)AP - Insurgents stormed the parliament complex in Russia’s volatile Chechnya region on Tuesday, killing at least 2 police officers and one parliamentary official, and injuring 17 others, authorities said.…

Police: Gunmen storm Chechen government buildings (AP)

October 19th, 2010

Relatives mourn Gusalov Alan, 42, killed in a suicide car attack in a square outside a market in Vladikavkaz, North Caucasus, Saturday, Sept., 11, 2010. The Thursday bombing on the edge of the central market of the capital of the North Ossetia republic where a suicide car bombing killed 17 people and wounded more than 140 was the most serious terrorist attack in Russia since the March subway bombings in Moscow that killed 40. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - A Russian police spokesman says at least six people are dead after insurgents stormed the Chechen parliament complex, including the insurgents and two others.


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Chechen separatist Zakayev arrested in Poland (AP)

September 17th, 2010

Polish police officers arrest the head of the Chechen government in exile Akhmed Zakhayev who is wanted in Russia on terrorism, charges, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Sept.17, 2010. Zakhayev who resides in London came to Poland to attend a World Congress of Chechens. (AP Photo/str) **Poland Out**AP - A senior Chechen separatist wanted in Russia for alleged murder and kidnapping was arrested Friday in Poland where he was to attend a conference organized by the World…

Suicide bomber strikes Chechen capital, 5 injured (AP)

June 30th, 2010

AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up in the capital of Russia’s restive Chechnya region on Wednesday, wounding three police officers and two civilians, officials said.

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Chechen militant claims Moscow subway blasts (AP)

March 31st, 2010

Investigators stand at a site of an explosion in Kizlyar, a town in southern Russian region of Dagestan, Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Two suicide bombers including one impersonating a police officer killed several people and injured many others in the southern Russian province of Dagestan on Wednesday, officials said. (AP Photo/Rusian Alibekov, NewsTeam)AP - A Chechen militant claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks on the Moscow subway in an Internet message posted Wednesday, hours after two more suicide bombers struck southern Russia…

Chechen militant claims subway suicide bombings (AP)

March 31st, 2010

Mourners hold a picture and a cross during the funeral of Maxim Mareyev, a 20-year-old university student who was killed in Monday's suicide bombings in Moscow, in the town of Chekhov near Moscow, Wednesday, March 31, 2010. The twin bombings killed 39 and wounded dozens shocking Russia and the Kremlin with the return of terrorism to their everyday lives. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - A Chechen militant claimed responsibility Wednesday for this week’s deadly subway bombings in Moscow, as two new suicide bomb attacks targeting police officers in southern Russia left 12…

Chechen rebels say responsible for Moscow bombings (AP)

March 31st, 2010

Grigory Khoshchenko the uncle of Maxim Mareyev, a 20-year-old university student who was killed in Monday's suicide bombings in Moscow, cries on the coffin of his nephew during a funeral in the town of Chekhov near Moscow, Wednesday, March 31, 2010. The twin bombings killed 39 and wounded dozens shocking Russia and the Kremlin with the return of terrorism to their everyday lives. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - A Chechen militant leader has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings on Moscow’s subway that killed 39 and wounded scores of others.


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