10.02.2006 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Stavropol: Some 300 Russian police forces launch attack against insurgents; 3 police officers killed, 2 wounded, one taken hostage ("Russian Forces Attack Militants In Stavropol") [#43909],  [ID 11851]

"Some 300 Russian police and special forces have launched an attack on a building held by gunmen in Stavropol Krai, close to the border with Chechnya.
An Interior Ministry official said three police officers were killed in the operation and two wounded. Another officer is thought to have been taken hostage by the insurgents. The operation was reportedly continuing today.
Russian television showed troops and armored vehicles moving into position in the village of Tukui-Mekteb, where the local police said around five gunmen were surrounded.
Fighting between Islamist militants and Russian forces has often spread beyond Chechnya to other parts of the North Caucasus, but Stavropol Krai has been left mostly untouched.
A Federal Security Service press officer said the gunmen were ethnic Nogais who have been fighting against Russian forces in Chechnya since the late 1990s."

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10.02.2006 - Source: BBC News

Stavropol: 12 militants and 7 Russian policemen killed in clash in the southern Stavropol region ("Fighting near Chechnya kills 19") [#43890],  [ID 11852]

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12.06.2005 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

At least 15 people injured in train derailment some 150 kilometers south of Moscow; according to Russian authorities the derailment could have been a terrorist act ("Russian Officials Say Train Derailed By Terrorists") [#32767],  [ID 11853]

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19.05.2005 - Source: International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights

A number of terrorist attacks carried out by Chechen rebels a in different parts of Russia in year 2004: Moscow, Grozny, Beslan ("Human Rights in the OSCE Region: Europe, Central Asia and North America, Report 2005 (Events 2004)") [#32117],  [ID 11854]

"During the year, Chechen rebels carried out a number of terrorist attacks in different parts of Russia. Among these attacks were the following:
On 6 February, a bomb exploded in the Moscow underground killing dozens of people and injuring more than a hundred.
On 9 May, during a Victory Day concert in a stadium, a powerful explosion killed Chechen President Ahmad Kadyrov and six other people in Grozny. Up to a hundred people were injured.
On 24 August, an aircraft bound for Volgograd and another bound for Sochi exploded within minutes of each other after taking off from the Domodedovo airport in Moscow. About 90 people died. A few days later, on 31 August, a suicide bomber killed at least 10 people and injured more than 50 in the lobby of the Rizhskaya metro station in Moscow.
On 1 September, a group of about 30 armed men and women took about 1,200 children, parents and teachers hostage in a school in Beslan in the Republic of North Osetya. The hostage takers threatened to detonate explosives should the authorities attempt to launch a rescue attempt. On 3 September, Russian troops stormed the building in circumstances that remain unclear. Close to 350 people died during the events, half of whom were children. Hundreds more needed treatment in hospital because of the injuries they sustained."

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31.08.2004 - Source: BBC News

Moscow: at least 5 people killed by an explosion in a car outside an underground railway station/ at least 10 others injured near the Rizhskaya station/ an Islamist group, Islambouli Brigades, is claiming responsibility for the bombing ("Moscow station hit by car blast") [#25261],  [ID 11855]

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30.08.2004 - Source: BBC News

Southern Russia: 2 Tupolev airliners crashed within minutes of each other, killing 89 passengers and crew/ Russian investigators have confirmed explosions are the result of terrorist acts ("Planes 'blown up by terrorists'") [#25233],  [ID 11856]

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26.07.2004 - Source: BBC News

Voronezh: at least 1 person injured in a bomb explosion/ in a similar attack on 19 July 7 were injured ("New mystery blast in Russian city") [#24247],  [ID 11857]

"The bomb, thought to have been a home-made device, went off in the morning at a junction in the north of the city, police told Russian news agencies.
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The attacks remain unsolved with police keeping an open mind as to motive.
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Police have been investigating various theories for the attacks, ranging from vandalism to terrorism."

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19.07.2004 - Source: BBC News

Voronezh: at least one person killed in bomb blast at a bus stop ("One dead in Russia bus stop blast") [#24130],  [ID 11858]

"At least one person has died and several others have been injured in a bomb explosion at a bus stop in western Russia.

The device is reported to have been left in a rubbish bin in the town of Voronezh, 475km (300 miles) south of Moscow on Monday."

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13.02.2004 - Source: Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Bomb attack on February 6 on a train between Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya stations, killed at least 39 people and wounded more than a hundred ("Caucasians Targeted in Wake of Moscow Blast") [#19364],  [ID 11859]

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07.07.2003 - Source: Presse

Putin ruft zur "Vernichtung tschetschenischer Terroristen" auf ("Putin ruft zur "Vernichtung tschetschenischer Terroristen" auf") [#14347],  [ID 11860]

07.07.2003 - Source: International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights

15 people killed and many injured in 2 suicide bomb attacks carried out by two Chechen women in Tushino aerodrome ("IHF Condemns Moscow Concert Attack, Appeals to Authorities Against Acts of Reprisal") [#14156],  [ID 11861]

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24.10.2002 - Source: Amnesty International

Chechen fighters have taken hostage hundreds of people in a Moscow theatre/ members of the group have threatened to kill hostages if their demands - currently said to be for Russian troops to withdraw from the Chechen Republic - are not met ("Russian Federation: Amnesty International condemns hostage taking") [#9223],  [ID 11862]

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