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A clandestine agreement between the new Pakistani leadership and the US allows American drones to strike targets inside the restive tribal belt where suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban militants are reportedly taking shelter.
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11 November
After Yevkurov’s appointment as ‘president of Ingushetia’, Kadyrov demands to kill Yamadayev
Sources in the Province of Nokhchicho (Ichkeria) of the Caucasus Emirate reported that the appointment of officer of GRU (Russia’s military intelligence) Yevkurov as a ringleader of puppet regime in Magas instead of officer of the FSB (Russian Secret Service) Zyazikov, dismayed the ringleader of Chechen apostates Kadyrov.
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11 November
The dog’s fate: ‘Vostok’ and ‘Zapad’ gangs disbanded
The gangs “Zapad/West” (Kakiyevans) and “Vostok/East” (Yamadayevans) of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the Russian Ministry of Defense, deployed in the occupied territory of the Province of Chechnya of the Caucasus Emirate, have been disbanded; is was announced by one of Russia’s military ringleaders “General-Colonel” Vladimir Moltenskoy.
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11 November
Death of Dagestan’s Sharia Jamaat leader fails to halt rebel attacks
The position of top commander in Dagestan’s Sharia Jamaat has been vacant for a month now since the death of its former leader Abdul-Majjid on September 8th near the Dagestan-Azeri border during a joint Russo-Azeri special forces operation that lasted over 10 days
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11 November
Gaddafi’s tent in central Grozny
In 2010 the people of Chechnya will have a rare opportunity to see the Bedouin tent in which the leader of the Libyan revolution, Muammar bin Muhammad Abu Menyar Abdel Salam bin Hamed, better known as Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, traditionally prefers to stay. The tent will be pitched in the …
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11 November
Russian is pretending to be brave, but in really it is collapsing
The bear is back. That’s what all too many Russia-watchers have been saying since Russian troops steamrolled Georgia in August, warning that the country’s strongman, Vladimir Putin, was clawing his way back toward superpower status.
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11 November
Russian stocks fall, adding to record slump, on rescue loans
Russian stocks fell, extending yesterday’s record drop, as a plan by President Dmitry Medvedev to lend billion to banks wasn’t enough to convince investors the government can halt its worst financial crisis since 1998.
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11 November
Russia replaces Ingushetia puppet
Russia has appointed Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, a paratroop commander, as the new pupppet leader of Ingushetia. Â Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s president, dismissed Murat Zyazikov as president of the region, which is a federal subject of Russia, in an attempt to quell unrest there.
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11 November
Blasts occurred in Gali
As it has been reported, several explosions occurred at a territory of the district of Gali, the separatist region of Abkhazia. Â Reportedly, a heavy armored vehicle blasted on an antitank mine in the village of Chuburkhinji; because of explosion one representatives of the Russian occupational forces died at the …
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11 November
Russian ruble crisis costs the Kremlin billions
Only a few months ago, the Kremlin was talking about pricing its oil in rubles and making the ruble a regional reserve currency, giving it a status closer to that of the euro and the dollar.
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