10 September 2005 -- Two powerful explosions were reported today near a police station in the Ingush town of Malgobek.
8 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- A top Russian prosecutor said today that officials conducting an investigation into last year's deadly Beslan school siege will question some of the heads of Russia's security services.
8 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- At least one Russian soldier was killed today when assailants opened fire on Russian Interior Ministry troops in the southern republic of Daghestan.
North Ossetian officials have sought to increase supervision of Muslim organizations in the year since the Beslan tragedy In the year since the Beslan tragedy, North Ossetian security officials have sought to close down all independent Muslim organizations there, a campaign that has caused at least some members of historically Islamic nationalities to announce their conversion to Orthodox Christianity.
7 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Chechnya's Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov said a militant group accused of an recent attack in the west of the restive southern Russian republic has been destroyed.
6 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Three police officers have been killed in an ambush in Makhachkala, the regional capital of the southern Russian republic of Daghestan.
Zalina Guburova mourns the death of her son and mother in the siege Russia is marking the first anniversary of the Beslan hostage massacre in which over 330 people lost their lives, more than half of them children. While the small North Ossetian town mourns its dead under intermittent rain, cities across Russia are also paying homage to the victims with remembrance masses and demonstrations.
2 September 2005 -- Russia's ITAR-TASS news agency is reporting four people were killed in an explosion in the Daghestani capital Makhachkala today.
Vladimir Putin in Beslan after the massacre last year Mothers and other relatives of victims of the Beslan school hostage massacre met with Russian President Vladimir Putin today (2 September) at the Kremlin. Leaders of the Beslan mothers' group said they intended to confront Putin with questions about the attack by pro-Chechen separatist militants, and whether authorities took appropriate action to keep casualties to a minimum. Many relatives of survivors have accused the authorities of ineptitude and have questioned whether the truth about the events will ever be known.
2 September 2005 -- Russian news agencies have reported a truck exploded in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia's southern republic of Daghestan.
2 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Mothers and other relatives of victims of the 2004 Beslan school hostage massacre are due to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin today at the Kremlin.
Shamil Basaev (file photo) Chechen warlord Shamil Basaev, who claims responsibility for last year's deadly Beslan school seizure and other terrorist attacks, has rejoined Chechnya's separatist government as deputy prime minister. The appointment may seem surprising, given Basaev's radical stance. But analysts say for the separatists, it is a logical step.
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