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Russian troops on Sunday reported killing 49 militants in a massive security sweep that followed angry comments from President Vladimir Putin about raging violence in the troubled North Caucasus.

2012-10-21T12:25:05ZAFP Global Editionby Dmitry Zakstag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/10/21/Russia_troops_kill_militants_North_0db0

Russian troops reported killing 49 militants in a massive security sweep that followed angry comments from President Vladimir Putin about raging violence in the troubled North Caucasus.

2012-10-21T07:59:49ZAFP Global Editionby by Dmitry Zakstag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/08/19/Suicide_bomber_kills_seven_Russian_0d39

A suicide bomber killed seven policemen as they arrived Sunday at a colleague's funeral in the volatile Russian North Caucasus, hours after gunmen opened fire in a mosque, killing one and wounding seven.

2012-08-19T15:05:35ZAFP Global Editionby Anna Malpastag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/08/19/Suicide_bomber_kills_Russian_Caucasus_4cf6

A suicide bomber killed six policemen Sunday in the volatile Russian Caucasus region of Ingushetia at the funeral of their colleague, Russia's Investigative Committee said.

2012-08-19T11:22:02ZAFP Global Editionby Anna Malpastag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/12/21/Analysis_Chechnya_Putins_party_percent_b402

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - Dagmein Khaseinova beams with pride recalling the day her Chechen village, devastated a decade ago in a war launched by Vladimir Putin, gave the Russian ruler's party nearly 100 percent support in a parliamentary vote this month.

2011-12-21T16:29:10ZReuters US Online Report World NewsThomas Grovetag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/03/28/Russia_kills_Caucasus_rebels_precision_4984

Russia announced Monday its air and ground forces had killed 17 rebels in a highly unusual precision strike on a Caucasus base used by Islamists to train suicide bombers and stage other attacks.

2011-03-28T17:25:37ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/01/31/Russias_Muslim_south_insurgency_gains_79e8

NAZRAN, Russia (Reuters) - Neiba scrapes out a meager income selling soil-caked clumps of wild garlic she picks in the forests of Russia's poorest province -- an occupation a growing Islamic insurgency has made increasingly hazardous.

2011-01-31T15:17:44ZReuters US Online Report World NewsAmie Ferris-Rotmantag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/01/29/Russia_says_Moscow_airport_bomber_5a65

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The suicide bomber who killed at least 35 people at Moscow's main airport Monday was a 20-year-old native of the North Caucasus, Russian investigators said, noting the blast location showed foreigners were targeted.

2011-01-29T13:56:02ZReuters US Online Report World NewsREUTERStag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/01/27/Russian_Islamist_wanted_Moscow_blast_7254

MAGAS, Russia (Reuters) - Islamist insurgents from the North Caucasus were behind a suicide bomb attack that killed 35 people at Russia's busiest airport, the head of the mainly Muslim province of Ingushetia said on Thursday.

2011-01-27T18:59:16ZReuters US Online Report World NewsAmie Ferris-Rotmantag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/01/27/Russian_region_head_blames_bomb_684c

MAGAS, Russia (Reuters) - Islamist rebels from the North Caucasus were behind a deadly bomb attack on Russia's busiest airport, the head of the mainly-Muslim province of Ingushetia said on Thursday.

2011-01-27T16:24:00ZReuters US Online Report World NewsREUTERStag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/10/03/police_killed_years_Russian_province_c494

Official: 400 police killed over 5 years in a single Russian southern province. More than 400 police officers and other law enforcement agents have been killed by militants over the past five years in just one of Russia's restive southern provinces, its leader says.

2010-10-03T18:04:35ZAP NewsStafftag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/08/25/Five_suspected_rebels_killed_Dagestan_3117

Russian authorities killed five suspected rebels in the volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan who opened fire on police as they attempted to stop their car, officials said on Wednesday.

2010-08-25T08:28:02ZAFP Global EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/07/07/Russias_Muslim_south_triples_sharia_0732

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The pricetag on a bride in Russia's Ingushetia province has been tripled by the regional government, in a sign the Muslim North Caucasus region is slipping out of Kremlin control as sharia law eclipses Russian.

2010-07-07T12:24:01ZReuters US Online Report World NewsAmie Ferris-Rotmantag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/07/06/Putin_unveils_drive_Caucasus_extremism_5384

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday time was running out for extremists in the Caucasus, as he announced an ambitious drive to bring prosperity to the violence-torn region.

2010-07-06T17:15:37ZAFP Global EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/06/30/Bomber_hits_capital_Russias_Chechnya_9165

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated explosives near a music hall where the leader of Russia's Chechnya region was attending a concert, leaving him unharmed but injuring five servicemen.

2010-06-30T19:22:50ZReuters US Online Report World NewsREUTERStag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/06/09/Russia_detains_Caucasus_rebel_leader_8931

Russia on Wednesday detained a top militant described as the leader of rebels in its restive region of Ingushetia and blamed for a string of attacks in the Caucasus, the security service said.

2010-06-09T18:46:09ZAFP Global EditionAFPtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/06/09/Russia_says_captured_Caucasus_Islamist_5239

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it had captured an insurgent ringleader responsible for hundreds of deaths in its troubled Muslim North Caucasus region, where the Kremlin is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency.

2010-06-09T18:42:14ZReuters US Online Report World NewsAmie Ferris-Rotmantag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/06/09/Russian_security_chief_says_rebel_9084

Russian security chief: top militant captured in North Caucasus. A top militant leader accused of staging several terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus has been captured by the government forces, Russia's security chief said Wednesday.

2010-06-09T16:01:06ZAP NewsStafftag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/06/09/Russia_says_captured_Caucasus_Islamist_7488

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it had captured an insurgent ringleader responsible for hundreds of deaths in its troubled North Caucasus region, where the Kremlin is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency.

2010-06-09T14:47:18ZReuters US Online Report World NewsREUTERStag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/04/05/Suicide_bomber_kills_police_Russias_1748

KARABULAK, Russia (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed two policemen in Russia's Ingushetia region on Monday, the latest in a series of attacks that underscores the threat from an Islamist insurgency on the nation's southern flank.

2010-04-05T17:48:25ZReuters US Online Report World NewsKazbek Basayev