Terror acts in Moscow and Caucasus

October 27, 2024 18:31

• Analysts recall closed nature of inquiry into Dubrovka terror act

  Authorities have failed to disclose information about what gas was used during the storming of the Dubrovka Theatrical Centre, where terrorists took hostages in October 2002. The results of the investigation have not yet been disclosed; and the officials responsible for the hostages' deaths have not been punished.

July 31, 2024 23:50

• Russian General Prosecutor treats militants’ attacks in Dagestan as authorities’ failure

  The militants’ attacks in Dagestan, like the terror act at Crocus City Hall, occurred because of the failure of the authorities, which did not pay sufficient attention to countering terrorism. The above was stated by Russian General Prosecutor Igor Krasnov.

June 25, 2024 18:10

• Special service veterans treat militants' attack in Dagestan as law enforcers' failure

  The militants' attacks in Dagestan were law enforcers' failure, who could not pay due attention to preventive work, veterans of special services have pointed out, adding that attackers' actions were similar to the tactics of militants of the "Islamic State" (IS)*.

June 24, 2024 23:05

• Dagestani Ministry for Public Health reports 20 killed and 46 injured in militants’ attack

  During the militants’ attack, 20 people were killed and 46 others were injured, the Dagestani Ministry for Public Health reported.

June 24, 2024 22:17

• Shootings in Makhachkala frighten city residents

  Shooting during a militant attack in Makhachkala frightened people, and it became difficult to move around the city because of the cordons arranged by law enforcers, local residents said.

June 24, 2024 19:52

• Religion experts explain motives for militants’ attacks on synagogue and temple in Dagestan

  Ayats (verses) of the Koran, references to which were left by attackers at a synagogue in Derbent, are interpreted by the extremists to justify their confrontation with Jews and Christians, Leonid Syukiyainen and Dmitry Mikulsky point out. The experts suggest that the date of the attack on the Orthodox temple was chosen by the militants because of the Christian holiday celebrated on that day.

April 21, 2024 19:01

• Jamaat case at Dagestani colony sparks scepticism among human rights defenders

  The staff of Dagestani penal colonies is monitoring the entry into territory thereof of even such items as foodstuffs, not to mention components for making explosives.

April 18, 2024 23:27

• Rights defenders don't treat sending migrants from Rostov Region to front as massive

  Sending migrants to the front does not look like a mass phenomenon, human rights defenders have pointed out in their comments to Rostov law enforcers' reports about serving summonses to local migrants following the raids conducted after the terror act at the Crocus City Hall.

April 11, 2024 21:45

• Human rights defenders note stagy fight for legal migration after terror act at Crocus City Hall

  Migrants in the regions of Southern Russia complain about violations of their rights during police raids after the terror act at the Crocus City Hall, but those raids are not as large-scale as the raids on foreigners after political conflicts with post-Soviet republics, human rights defenders note.

April 10, 2024 23:27

• Chechen residents outraged by no reaction from authorities to death of Uspanov detained after terror act at Crocus City Hall

  The effectiveness of the investigation into the death of Askhab Uspanov is questionable, since the Chechen authorities ignored what happened, human rights defenders emphasize.

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