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January 03, 2015
Boston Bomber Trial Set To Begin

The trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev is set to begin January 5 after a U.S. court refused a last-minute attempt to delay or move the trial.

January 03, 2015
Blogger Arrested in Daghestan

Murad Nurmagomedov, 28, computer programmer, blogger, and author of a popular video clip in which prominent Muslims criticize the practice of celebrating the Julian New Year, was arrested on December 31 in Makhachkala on suspicion of illegal possession of arms. He is being held in solitary confinement.
January 02, 2015
Six North Caucasus Insurgency Commanders Transfer Allegiance To Islamic State

Over the past six weeks, at least three Chechen and three Daghestani commanders have retracted their oath of obedience (bayat) to Umarov’s successor as Caucasus Emirate leader, the Avar theologian Sheikh Ali Abu-Muhammad (Aliaskhab Kebekov), and pledged loyalty to Islamic State leader Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi.
January 02, 2015
Veteran Chechen IS Militant Reported Killed In Kobani

A Chechen militant and veteran of the conflict in the Russian North Caucasus republic has reportedly been killed fighting with the Islamic State (IS) group in the northern Syrian town of Kobani.
January 01, 2015
Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Tries To Move, Delay Trial

The lawyers for the suspect in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing have filed an appeal to have the trial postponed and moved to a different state.
December 29, 2014
Russian Supreme Court Declares IS, Jabhat Al-Nusra Terrorist Organizations

Russia's Supreme Court has ruled that the Islamic State (IS) militant group and Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra, are terrorist groups and banned them in Russia.
December 29, 2014
Chechnya Sentences Georgian 'IS Recruiter' To Six Years

A court in the Chechen capital, Grozny, has sentenced a Georgian man to six years in prison for attempting to recruit two Chechen men to join the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Syria.
December 28, 2014
3 Suspected Ingush Militants Killed

Security forces in the restive Russian North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia say they killed three militants during a special operation.
December 27, 2014
Chechen Leader Blames Law Enforcement Agencies For Grozny Attack

The pro-Russian leader of Chechnya has said law enforcement agencies in the Russian North Caucasus republic failed in their duty by allowing an attack in the capital Grozny that left 14 policemen dead and 36 wounded
December 26, 2014
Sentences Passed In 'Trial Of 57' For 2005 Nalchik Attack

after a trial lasting four and a half years, the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic Supreme Court finally passed sentence on 57 men accused of participating in the multiple attacks on police and security facilities in Nalchik, the republic's capital, in October 2005.
December 25, 2014
Chechen Republic Head's Moscow Fan Club Rallies To His Defense

It was only to be expected that Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov's entourage would fall over themselves to defend him against the implication by Dozhd TV journalist Ksenia Sobchak that his orders to raze to the ground the homes of the families of Chechen fighters who kill police officers were unconstitutional.
December 21, 2014
Jailed Ingush Oppositionist Faces New Criminal Charge

Businessman Iles Tatiyev, 42, who chairs a North Caucasus NGO that promotes cooperation between the executive branch and civil society, has been charged with money-laundering just weeks before he was due to qualify for pre-term release from jail for good behavior.

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Boston Bomber Trial Set To Begin

Blogger Arrested in Daghestan

Six North Caucasus Insurgency Commanders Transfer Allegiance To Islamic State

Veteran Chechen IS Militant Reported Killed In Kobani

Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Tries To Move, Delay Trial

Russian Supreme Court Declares IS, Jabhat Al-Nusra Terrorist Organizations

Chechnya Sentences Georgian 'IS Recruiter' To Six Years

3 Suspected Ingush Militants Killed

Chechen Leader Blames Law Enforcement Agencies For Grozny Attack

Sentences Passed In 'Trial Of 57' For 2005 Nalchik Attack

Chechen Republic Head's Moscow Fan Club Rallies To His Defense

Jailed Ingush Oppositionist Faces New Criminal Charge

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