A Russian interparliamentary commission's final report on the September 2004 Beslan tragedy differs on a number of points from the conclusions of previous findings.
Kulayev in court in Vladikavkaz in May December 27, 2006 -- Russia's highest court has upheld a life sentence for the only militant known to have survived the 2004 terrorist attack on a school in Beslan.
From fighting in Chechnya, Iraq, and Afghanistan to repression in Uzbekistan, Iran, and Belarus, human rights took a beating in 2006.
December 22, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- A Russian parliamentary commission report released today justifies controversial actions by security forces in the September 2004 terrorist attack on a school in Beslan, North Ossetia.
A rebuilt square in central Grozny (ITAR-TASS) December 19, 2006 -- Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov is inviting tourists to his war-wrecked republic.
December 18, 2006 -- A Moscow court began hearings today of an unprecedented lawsuit filed by a group of Chechens against the Russian Defense Ministry.
(RFE/RL) December 18, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is marking the 10th anniversary of the murder of six of its international workers by unidentified gunmen in the village of Novye Atagi in Chechnya.
(RFE/RL) December 15, 2006 -- Authorities in Chechnya have expelled a German reporter after briefly detaining him on December 14 for allegedly lacking proper accreditation.
(RFE/RL) December 8, 2006 -- Russian lawmakers today gave final approval to a bill that delays the introduction of jury trials in Chechnya from 2007 until 2010.
Russian soldiers remove bodies from an armored personnel carrier that came under attack this July (ITAR-TASS) December 8, 2006 -- The Russian military say one of its soldiers in Chechnya was killed and another seven wounded by a roadside bomb late on December 7.
American friends and admirers of slain journalist Anna Politkovskaya have gathered in New York to remember her work.
Alkhanov (right) with Ramzan Kadyrov in Gudermes in June (ITAR-TASS) November 28, 2006 -- A drunken driver collided with a motorcade carrying Chechen President Alu Alkhanov.
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