* Sport Briefs Oct 6, 2008
RUSSIA Kazan reinforce their lead Kazan reinforced their lead of the Russian Premier League with an easy 3-0 win at home to Nalchik on Saturday. Kazan now have 51 point from 24 matches, eight points ahead of second-placed Dynamo Moscow. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Russian journalist killed in attack Sep 4, 2008
Meanwhile, police in the North Caucasus city of Nalchik said Wednesday that three people, one in a mask, assaulted Miloslav Bitokov outside his home Tuesday evening, along with another man. Mr. Bitokov was hospitalized with skull injuries. (Globe and Mail -- International)
* Soccer Shorts Sep 2, 2008
Spartak Moscow, who beat 2-1 Nalchik at home, are third with 33 points. Perm clinched the lead 13 minutes after the break when their Bulgarian striker Martin Kushev scored a spot kick. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Senior police officer killed in restive province in southern Russia Jan 13, 2008
The assailants riddled it with bullets and killed him on the spot in the regional capital, Nalchik, the local police said in a statement ... Nalchik was the site of a brazen daylight assault by dozens of young men on law enforcement and government offices in October 2005; at least 139 people died in the fighting, including 95 alleged attackers. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
North Caucasus: At a glance Aug 7, 2007
Status: Republic within Russian Federation Population: 900,500 Capital: Nalchik Languages: Kabardian, Russian Major religions: Islam, Christianity ... In October 2005 Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev orchestrated a major attack on Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, in which dozens of rebels and members of the security forces died. (BBC News)
Russia 'terror remains' ban kept Jun 29, 2007
The case was brought to the Russian constitutional court by two women whose sons were killed in the operation, in the Northern Caucasus city of Nalchik in October 2005 ... The European Court of Human Rights is also examining the Nalchik mothers' case. (BBC News -- Europe)
Freed Guantánamo captive killed in Russia Jun 28, 2007
Freed Guant;namo captive killed in Russia - 06/28/2007 - MiamiHerald (The Miami Herald)
Andrei Lugovoi Gives His Version of Events Jun 1, 2007
"Litvinenko was in Istanbul at the behest of Ahmed Zakayev, where he met with several representatives of Chechen rebel groups," agreed Mr. Lugovoi, adding that "Litvinenko was also in Nalchik," a town in southern Russia where an attack on Russian security forces on October 13, 2005 resulted in the deaths of at least 136 people, including, according to Andrei Lugovoi, 78 officers ... It is generally known that, after he emigrated to the UK in 2000, Alexander Litvinenko could not travel back to... (Kommersant)
Moscow Easter Festival touches a wide audience Apr 20, 2007
It has included a tour by the Mariinsky Orchestra of the Volga River region during the festival's first week and events in Chelyabinsk in the Urals, Irkutsk in Siberia, and Vladikavkaz and Nalchik in the Northern Caucasus. "Music liberates, purifies, elevates, and, if you will, this is my religious conviction," Gergiev said at a news conference in Nizhny Novgorod at the start of the Volga tour on April 9, the Regnum news agency reported. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Ex-Gitmo Inmates Abused in Russia Mar 29, 2007
One of the former detainees, Rasul Kudayev, has been held in custody in the North Caucasus city of Nalchik on charges of participating in the October 2005 attack by hundreds of militants on police and government buildings. Kudayev's lawyers and relatives say he was beaten while in custody to extract confessions and a regional court has ordered prosecutors to probe those allegations. (Time.com)
People & Power Feb 28, 2007
Amidst complaints that the Kremlin is returning to the old days of absolute rule, People & Power's Juliana Ruhfus travels to the troubled Northern Caucasus region, one year after insurgents attacked the security forces in the town of Nalchik, on a mission to find out what impact these laws are having. She arrives as Moscow stages bombastic celebrations for the 85th anniversary of statehood in the Republic of Kabardino Balkaria, but soon finds out that all is not well when she meets the relatives... (Aljazeera.Net)
