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One more defendant in 1995 Budyonnovsk hostage crisis case sentenced to prison

One more former member of a notorious gang once led by Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev has been sentenced to 12 years in penal colony in a case over attack and taking hostages in Russia’s town of Budyonnovsk in 1995.

15:42 22.12.2020

Former defense attorney of actor Efremov disbarred

The Council of North Ossetia Bar Association has disbarred Elman Pashayev over ethics violation during the trial of actor Mikhail Efremov.

17:09 18.09.2020

Russian Supreme Court upholds 14-year term for Budyonnovsk attack case defendant

The Supreme Court of Russia on Thursday upheld a 14-year prison term given to Badruddi Daudov for involvement in the attack and hostage taking in Budyonnovsk in 1995.

16:48 10.01.2019

Ex-Dagestan official gets 15 years for terrorism financing

The North Caucasus District Military Court has sentenced ex-head of Dagestan’s Kizlyar District Andrey Vinogradov to 15 years in high security prison for terrorism financing.

13:07 22.11.2018

Ex-member of notorious Basayev gang arrested as part of 1995 hostage crisis case

Khazvakh Cherkhigov, who took part in the attack and taking hostages in Russia’s town of Budyonnovsk in 1995 as a member of a gang led by a notorious Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, has been arrested in Moscow.

18:00 20.11.2018

Russian court sentences terrorist to 16 years for fighting in Syria

The North Caucasus District Military Court on Monday sentenced terrorist Islam Gugov to 16 years in prison for participation in terrorist activities in Syria.

17:39 15.10.2018

Number of terrorist crimes dropped more than twice in Russia’s Caucasus – official

The Federal Security Service (FSB) chief Alexander Bortnikov said during the National Anti-Terrorist Committee’s meeting on Tuesday that the number of crimes of a terrorist nature dropped more than twofold in Russia’s North Caucasus over the past year.

14:59 09.10.2018

Trial of Ukrainian citizen charged with incitement of terrorism set for July 17

The North Caucasus District Military Court will start hearing on the merits of a case against Ukrainian national Pavel Gryb charged with inciting a Russian schoolgirl to commit a terrorist attack on July 17.

15:59 09.07.2018

Defendant in case over hostage crisis in Russia’s Budyonnovsk sentenced to 14 years

The North Caucasus District Military Court has sentenced Badruddi Daudov, the defendant in a criminal case over the attack and taking hostages in Russia’s town of Budyonnovsk in 1995, to 14 years in a penal colony.

11:45 14.06.2018

Russian court sentences two women to prison for abetting terrorism

The North Caucasus District Military Court has sentenced Yulduz Aliyeva and Anastasia Shilikhina to 6 and 5 years respectively in a penal colony for collecting 23,000 rubles ($370) on social networks and transferring these funds to terrorists.

13:06 10.04.2018

ECHR ruling in Beslan terror attack case comes into force

A ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) awarding about €3 million in compensation to victims of terror attack on a school in the Russian town of Beslan has come into force.

18:11 19.09.2017

Federal Guard Service General appeals extension of detention in bribery case

The head of the Federal Guard Service (FSO) in Caucasus region, General Gennady Lopyrev who stands charged with taking a grand bribe has appealed extension of his detention.

11:43 21.04.2017

Russian investigators say no reason to doubt North Caucasus warlord's guilt

There is sufficient evidence justifying the suspicion that Ali Taziyev, also known as “Magas,” who was sentenced to life is linked to a number of other crimes, including attacks on police officers.

16:35 12.05.2015

Russia's FSB says 59 terrorist acts foiled in 2014

Russia’s security services have prevented 59 terrorist crimes this year, including eight terrorist attacks, TASS reports from the yearend meeting of the National Antiterrorism Committee chaired by Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov.

12:08 09.12.2014

FSB claims to have “neutralized” warlord Doku Umarov

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has ”neutralized” the activities of Doku Umarov, leader of the Imarat Caucasus terrorist organization, FSB chief Aleksandr Bortnikov said Tuesday during a session held by the intergovernmental National Antiterrorist Committee.

12:11 08.04.2014

Weapons were smuggled to the Caucasus via Ukraine – FSB

Russians and Ukrainians smuggled weapons from EU countries to the North Caucasus via Ukraine, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Thursday.

13:34 20.03.2014

No confirmation of Russian terrorist warlord's death

Russian special services cannot confirm the death of the Chechen terrorist leader Doku Umarov at this time, an official spokesperson for the National Counter-Terrorism Committee told RIA Novosti. Umarov, the self-proclaimed head of a secessionist Islamic radical group in the North Caucasus, has claimed responsibility for several terrorist attacks in Russia and, most recently, threatened to attack the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

10:49 19.03.2014

Supreme Court upholds life sentence for notorious North Caucasus warlord

Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a life sentence for Ingush terrorist Ali Taziyev, known as Magas, RAPSI reports from the courthouse.

10:21 19.02.2014

Prosecutors want milder sentence for North Caucasus warlord

During pleadings in a South Russian court, prosecutors requested that North Caucasus militant warlord Ali Taziyev be jailed for 25 years instead of life sentence.

10:21 03.10.2013

2 'militants' killed in Russia's North Caucasus

Two militants believed to be members of an international terrorist organization were killed by security forces in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia’s National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) said Monday.

15:49 30.09.2013