Observers say violence in Ingushetia’s main town shows republic is spiralling out of control. A growing confrontation between the authorities in Ingushetia and a new opposition movement is turning violent and making this autonomous republic the most volatile region in the North Caucasus.

January 2008, St. Petersburg. A group of neo-nazis beat a teenager belonging to the so called “emo sub-culture”, breaking his arm and causing brain concussion

A former Russian top spy says his agents helped the Russian government steal nearly $ 500-million from the United Nations’ oil-for-food program in Iraq before the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.