The Mufti's Office in Russia's North Caucasus region of Daghestan has joined a move initiated by a lawmaker and Russian Orthodox activists to prevent a romantic film about Tsar Nicholas II from being screened in Russia.
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A court in Moscow has sentenced three men from Russia's volatile North Caucasus region to prison on terrorism charges.
Over the past two months, Chechnya has entered a new phase of instability that differs in several key regards from the sporadic low-level insurgency of the past 16 years. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
There is ongoing speculation that Daghestani republic head Ramazan Abdulatipov, who turned 70 last year, will be dismissed before his formal term in office ends next year, possibly to be replaced by a Russian Interior Ministry general. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
Authorities say two police officers and three alleged militants have been killed in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region of Chechnya.
The head of Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has confirmed that men from Chechnya are serving in Syria.
An incipient leadership change in one of the smallest North Caucasus republics could jeopardize the region's reputation as an island of stability in a region plagued by violence and corruption. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
Chechen and Russian security personnel have launched the largest sweep operations in a decade in an attempt to round up suspected members of a group of fighters said to be planning large-scale terrorist attacks at the behest of the extremist group Islamic State (IS). (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said dozens of militants were detained and four of them killed in a special security operation in Chechnya on January 11.
An alleged militant suspected of involvement in the murder of an investigator in Russia's Daghestan region has been extradited from the Czech Republic to Russia.
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