Seventeen militants were killed in two special operations conducted by law enforcement officials in the southern Russian region of Ingushetia, Nikolai Sintsov, spokesman for the Russian National Anti-Terrorist Committee, told CNN Monday.
A bombing and a shootout caused deaths and injuries on Saturday in Russia's tense Caucasus region, Russian media reported, citing local authorities.
Five suspected militants and one policeman were killed during a special anti-terrorism operation Saturday morning in the North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russian state media said.
Five repair workers were killed and three police officers injured Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded in the Russian republic of Dagestan, the Investigation Committee of the Russian Prosecutor's Office said.
On the day a suicide bomber killed two police officers in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, a leading independent journalist in Moscow said the Kremlin will never defeat terrorism if it does not end corruption in law enforcement agencies.
CNN's Christiane Amanpour looks at the past decade of terrorism in Russia and frequent attacks in the North Caucasus.
A suicide bomber killed two officers and wounded four others outside a police station in the Russian republic of Ingushetia Monday, authorities said.
Russian security forces killed eight militants that it said were connected to a 2009 terrorist attack, the head of Russia's domestic security and anti-terrorism agency said Saturday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sacked the head of Ingushetia's police after a suicide bomber killed at least 19 people Monday.
The president of the troubled Russian republic of Ingushetia was wounded in an assassination attempt Monday when a blast hit his convoy.
In the early '90s, pro-Russia Ingushetia broke away from want-away Chechnya. Now, with the roles reversed, the Kremlin may be weighing an arranged re-marriage
At least 12 people were killed Saturday in an earthquake in Russia's Chechnya region, Russian news agencies reported.
A Russian journalist died Wednesday from gunshot wounds sustained the night before -- the second Russian journalist fatally gunned down this week.
A leading critic of Kremlin-backed leaders in the Russian republic of Ingushetia was fatally shot Sunday while being taken to a police precinct by officers, Reporters without Borders said.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Moscow Tuesday to discuss a deal to spend billions on Russia weapons.
At least four people were injured when a vehicle exploded in a restive Russian republic on Monday, a Russian news agency reported.
Russian security agents have killed the nation's most-wanted man, Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, the director of the Federal Security Service said Monday.
The prime minister of Russia's Ingushetia republic has been wounded when two bombs targeted his car in an assassination attempt, his office said.
Russian authorities now believe there may be hundreds more children, parents and teachers being held hostage at a school in southern Russia than originally thought, CNN Correspondent Ryan Chilcote says.
A Moscow-backed police chief is set to become rebel Chechnya's new president in a tense election interrupted by a suspected bomb attack that ended with the bomber blowing himself up.
Chechens this weekend are choosing a replacement for their assassinated president -- the Kremlin hoping the vote will bring some stability to a region racked by a decade of violence.
The death toll from an attack by militants inside the Russian republic of Ingushetia and a counterattack by Russian Interior Ministry troops has risen to 92, officials say.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says those responsible for the deadly attacks in the southern republic of Ingushetia should be "found and destroyed."
After several hours of heavy fighting, Russian interior ministry troops were able to repel rebel attempts to seize government buildings in attacks on at least three towns in the southern region of Ingushetia, according to an official from the Ingush presidential office.
The president of the Ingushetia region of southern Russia has survived a bomb attack on his motorcade, a presidential spokesman says.
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