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Contextualizing Religious Profiling in Dagestan: Tsarnaev and the Kotrova Mosque

Jean-FranƧois Ratelle | Posted 04.28.2013 | World
Jean-FranƧois Ratelle

Tamerlan Tsarnaev's trajectory in terrorism should be seen in the political and security context of Dagestan.

Boston Bombing Suspects' Parents Talking To U.S. Team In Russia

AP | ARSEN MOLLAYEV | Posted 04.25.2013 | World

MAKHACHKALA, Russia — U.S. investigators are in contact with the parents of the two Boston bombing suspects in southern Russia and working with ...

A Field Guide to Jihadi Dagestan and Chechnya

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 04.22.2013 | World
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

The Northern Caucasus of Russia have for decades been an "off-the-radar" safe haven for Islamic salafist terrorism. Tamerlan Tsarnaev's alleged terrorism in Boston has changed all that.

Once Again, Tragedy Expands Our World Vision

Carnegie Corporation of New York | Posted 04.22.2013 | World
Carnegie Corporation of New York

My daughter -- along with everyone else's sons and daughters, those who we will have to entrust with leading our nation in the future -- already has no choice but to be attuned to the mosaic of peoples who occupy the dots on the world map.

We're All Journalists Now

Janet Ritz | Posted 04.22.2013 | Media
Janet Ritz

In the Internet age, we're all journalists. Everyone who posts on social media should consider that, if what they posted is incorrect, exposing, sensational, prejudicial or otherwise inappropriate, it may change the perception of those who see it in unforeseen ways.

Boston Bombing Suspect's Parents Describe Russia Trip

AP | ARSEN MOLLAYEV | Posted 04.23.2013 | Crime

MAKHACHKALA, Russia — The elder suspect in the Boston bombings regularly attended a mosque and spent time learning to read the Quran, but he str...

13 Dead, Scores Wounded In Dagestan Blasts

AP | JIM HEINTZ | Posted 07.04.2012 | World

MOSCOW — The twin thundering car bombs that shook the capital of Dagestan and killed at least 13 people were grisly reminders that Vladimir Puti...

DEADLY CLASHES: Police And Islamist Insurgents Battle In Russia

Reuters | Posted 04.19.2012 | World

MOSCOW, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Seventeen police and at least seven insurgents were killed in four days of fighting on the border between the Chechnya an...

Clashes In Violence-Plagued Russian Region Leave 13 Dead

AP | Posted 03.28.2012 | World

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Russian officials say an Islamist warlord, seven militants, four officers and one civilian have been killed in three sep...

Car Bomb In Southern Russia Kills Eight

AP | Posted 11.28.2011 | World

MOSCOW -- Investigators say a powerful car bomb killed eight people, including an 11-year-old girl and a police officer, in Russia's volatile Dagestan...

Car Bomb Rocks Russian Republic

AP | Posted 11.22.2011 | World

MAKHACHKALA, Russia — Two car bombs killed a Russian policeman and wounded 60 other people in the capital of the violence-plagued republic of Da...

Russia Says Authorities Have Averted A 'Large Terrorist Attack' In Moscow

Reuters | Steve Gutterman | Posted 09.17.2011 | World

By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW, July 18 (Reuters) - Russia's top security official said on Monday that authorities had averted a "large terrorist at...

Chechnya: "We Will Make You Feel What We Feel"

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Eric Margolis

An independent Chechnya would be unstable and violent. But that is better than the savagery and atrocities that this terrible conflict continues to generate.

Chechnya Reignited: A Promise Unfulfilled in Russia's "Dirty War"

Diana Markosian | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Diana Markosian

It is a conflict with no end in sight as Russians and Chechen rebels continue fighting over land, religion, independence and political control.

Dagestan Suicide Bombings (VIDEO): Second Bombing Caught On Camera

Posted 05.25.2011 | World

A pair of suicide bombings in the Dagestan region of Russia killed at least a dozen people Wednesday, the AP reports. The bombings were the second suc...

Russia Suicide Bombs: Two Explosions In Dagestan After Twin Attacks In Moscow

AP | ARSEN MOLLAYEV and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

MAKHACHKALA, Russia — A Chechen militant claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks on the Moscow subway in an Internet message posted Wednes...

Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka

This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Peace Prevails in Ireland A last minute peace deal is reached in Northern Ireland to peacefully devolve L...