North Caucasus region permits headscarves in schoolsThe government of Russia’s predominantly Muslim North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan has permitted wearing headscarves in schools, a spokesman for Dagestan’s education ministry said on Monday.15:07 03.09.2013
Militant killed, policeman wounded in Dagestan shootoutA suspected militant was killed and a policeman wounded in a shootout in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Sunday, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee reported in a statement.10:20 02.09.2013
Bailiffs seize 11 vehicles from Russian tax dodgerCourt bailiffs in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Karachay-Cherkessia have seized several vehicles from a businessman who owed the state over 4 million rubles ($121,316), the Federal Bailiffs Service’s regional department has reported.11:34 19.08.2013
Police kill four assailants in North CaucasusTraffic police officers have killed four unknown assailants who attacked them in Nalchik, the capital of the Russian North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, the Interior Ministry reported Wednesday.16:53 07.08.2013
Explosives found in Russia's Dagestan after rebel leader held - officialsRussia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has discovered a large cache of homemade explosives in the capital of Russia's troubled North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said Tuesday.15:10 30.07.2013
Rabbi injured in Dagestan shooting – investigationA rabbi was attacked and seriously wounded by an unidentified shooter in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Thursday, Russia’s top investigative body said.14:03 25.07.2013
Russia's Audit Chamber uncovers $205 mln Caucasus fraudRussia’s Audit Chamber has exposed financial irregularities totaling 6.7 billion rubles ($205 million) in the North Caucasus republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, the financial controller said on Wednesday.15:12 17.07.2013
Detained Dagestan mayor denies reported suicide attemptThe mayor of the capital of Russia’s Dagestan region, who faces accusations of having ordered the murder of an investigator, denied reports on Friday that he had tried to commit suicide.17:38 14.06.2013
Makhachkala Mayor may lose office over murder plot accusationsInvestigators have asked the court to strip Makhachkala Mayor Said Amirov of his official position as he faces accusations of having ordered the murder of investigator Arsen Gadzhibekov.10:58 14.06.2013
Detained Makhachkala mayor files motion for house arrest - reportMayor of Makhachkala, Dagestan Said Amirov, who is accused of having ordered the killing of a police investigator in 2011, has asked the court to release him from custody and place him under house arrest at a Moscow apartment.11:14 10.06.2013
Dagestan mayor appeals arrest for murderMayor of Makhachkala, Dagestan Said Amirov, who is accused of having ordered the killing of a police investigator in 2011, has appealed a decision by Moscow's Basmanny District Court to detain him, his attorney Mark Kruter told RAPSI on Wednesday.11:31 05.06.2013
Dagestani man gets four years for recruiting terrorists onlineThe Supreme Court of Dagestan has sentenced a resident of Dagestan to four years in prison for creating a terrorist group and for recruiting people into it via social networking sites.15:43 21.05.2013
Ingush militant leader pleads innocent to attacking regional presidentThe North Caucasus District Military Court has started hearing the case of terrorism suspect Ali Taziyev, who is accused of attacking Ingush President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov.14:07 13.05.2013
Prime minister of Ingushetia accused of supporting terroristsState Duma Deputy representing Chechnya Shamsail Saraliyev has asked Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika to look into allegations that Musa Chiliyev, the prime minister of Ingushetia, is financing local militants.11:51 02.04.2013
Chechen leader proposes travel ban for state officialsRamzan Kadyrov, leader of Russia’s Chechen republic, published an opinion piece Monday suggesting that a range of current and former high-ranking Russian officials should be banned from traveling abroad.11:47 01.04.2013
Imam suspected of sending believers' donations to terroristsThe investigative agencies of Kabardino-Balkaria, a republic in the North Caucasus, Russia, have opened a criminal case against an imam of a rural area who allegedly financed terrorism with believers' donations, a regional investigative authority said.12:12 21.03.2013
Level of extremism in Russia's Repulic of Dagestan triple in 2012The number of extremist crimes in Dagestan has skyrocketed over the past year, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office reported on Friday.17:53 15.02.2013
Number of terrorist crimes in North Caucasus drops 11 percent in 2012The number of terrorist crimes in North Caucasus has decreased by 11 percent this year, says Sergei Chenchik, head of the North Caucasian branch of the Interior Ministry.13:34 25.12.2012
Financial officers stole $3.6 million from troops in North CaucasusThe Military Prosecutor's office discovered a multi-million ruble fraud in the Armed Forces.14:49 22.09.2011