Clashes, sniper shootings in Russia’s North Caucasus kill 3 police, 5 gunmen

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Gunmen ambushed police in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus Monday, officials said, killing two of the officers in the latest spate of violence in the southern region. A sniper shot dead a third officer in another incident.

Violent clashes in Russia’s south kill 5 insurgents, 2 police

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Five suspected militants and two law enforcement officers were killed Monday in separate attacks in Russia’s violence-prone south, authorities said.

Russian police say 5 insurgents killed, 6 forces injured in violence-plagued south

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Five suspected militants were killed Monday in two separate gunbattles with police in Russia’s violence-prone southern province of Chechnya, and at least six law enforcement officers were injured in other attacks, authorities said.

Group with ties to Chechen warlords claims responsibility for suicide bombing that killed 3

MOSCOW — A Chechen terrorist group with ties to the late warlord Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing attack on a North Caucasus regional leader that killed three, according to a statement posted on a rebel-linked Web site Sunday.

6 killed, 5 wounded in new attacks in Russia’s North Caucasus

MAGAS, Russia — Roadside bombs and gunfire killed six people and wounded five in Russia’s North Caucasus region, officials said Wednesday, as a provincial leader remained in critical condition from an earlier suicide attack.

President of Russian region of Ingushetia critically wounded by suicide bomber

NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber badly wounded a provincial president in Russia’s North Caucasus on Monday, an assassination attempt that undermined the Kremlin’s claim that it has brought stability to the predominantly Muslim region.

Suicide car bomber seriously injures president of south Russian province Ingushetia

NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy carrying the president of the troubled Russian province of Ingushetia Monday, critically wounding him and killing two bodyguards — the latest in a string of assassination attempts that have roiled the North Caucasus.

Suicide bomber detonates car, critically injuring president of Russian region of Ingushetia

NAZRAN, Russia — A suicide bomber badly wounded a provincial president in Russia’s North Caucasus on Monday, an assassination attempt that undermined the Kremlin’s claim that it has brought stability to the predominantly Muslim region.

Official: suicide bomber drove car into convoy of Ingush president, wounding him

NAZRAN, Russia — A police official says a suicide bomber drove a car into the convoy that Ingushetia’s president was traveling in, critically wounding him.

Car bomb critically injures president of troubled Russian region Ingushetia

NAZRAN, Russia — A car bomb exploded as the president of the troubled Russian region of Ingushetia passed by in his convoy Monday morning, critically wounding him and killing or wounding several others, officials said.

Report: Car bomb critically injures president of troubled Russian region Ingushetia

NAZRAN, Russia — A car bomb exploded as the president of the troubled Russian region of Ingushetia passed in his convoy Monday morning, critically wounding him and killing several others, officials said.

Russian authorities move to close newspaper critical of police in volatile Caucasus province

MAKHACHKALA, Russia — An independent newspaper in a Russian province near Chechnya is facing closure on charges of carrying extremist statements — an accusation its editor denounced as an attempt to stifle criticism of police brutality.

Gunmen assassinate top judge, wound 3 in troubled Russian North Caucasus region

NAZRAN, Russia — Gunmen shot and killed a top judge as she dropped her children off at school in Russia’s violent North Caucasus Wednesday, officials said, the latest episode highlighting spiraling violence in a region plagued by poverty, corruption and the rise of radical Islam.

Old dissidents still a voice in Russia, but their influence fades under Putin

MOSCOW — They would meet in secret, terrified of a KGB knock on the door. They laboriously typed out banned publications. Many ended up in prison, labor camps and exile.