Insurgency in the North Caucasus

11 Posts

•

0 Followers

A room damaged by fire following the shootout between police and alleged ‘militants’. Photo: Russian National Anti-Terrorist Committee.

Ingushetia

Six killed in ‘counter-terrorist operation’ in Ingushetia

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•2 min read

Six people were killed in a shootout in Ingushetia on Saturday, which local authorities described as a ‘counter-terrorist operation’. While Head of Ingushetia Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov claimed that only ‘militants’ were killed in the shootout, local news Telegram channel Baza wrote on Sunday that one of the six was a civilian passerby. They added that, according to their information, three law enforcement officers were also injured. Local Telegram channels reported on Saturday evening that gun

Akhmad Ozdo, a member of the Ingush Independence Committee, declaring Ingushetia’s independence from Russia. Screengrab via Youtube.

Chechen and Ingush Deportations

Podcast | Fighting Russia’s colonial legacy in the North Caucasus

by OC Media

•2 min read

Since its conquest by Russia in the 19th century, the North Caucasus has been the scene of genocides, forced deportations, wars for independence, and insurgency. The dozens of nations indigenous to the region continue to be repressed socially and culturally by the Russian Federation. However, Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has once again raised the imperial nature of the Russian state and has shone a light on how this imperialism extends to the North Caucasus, as seve

Screengrab via Abu Caucas Youtube channel

Caucasus Emirate

Ingush blogger charged with ‘justifying’ Caucasus Emirate

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•2 min read

Russian authorities in Ingushetia have charged a blogger and member of the Committee of Ingush Independence with justifying the activities of the Caucasus Emirate. According to the local pro-government Telegram channel Rozysk Ingushetia, Adam Aushev is accused of public calls for extremism, justifying terrorism, and rehabilitation of Nazism, and has been placed on an international wanted list. Aushev does not reside in Russia. The channel said that in posts on social media in 2022, Aushev

Chechnya

Suspect in attack on Ingush police reportedly detained in Chechnya

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•3 min read

A shootout by security forces in Chechnya has reportedly led to the capture of a man suspected of taking part in the shootouts with police in Ingushetia over the past two week. On the night of 11–12 April, security forces shot at and detained a North Caucasian man in the village of Gvardeyskoye, near the border with Ingushetia, both government and anti-government Chechen sources reported. According to the Head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, the man belonged to an ‘illegal group’, and had co

Law enforcement officers near Magas, the capital of Ingushetia. Photo: Said Tsarnayev/RIA Novosti

Armenia

Podcast | Insurgency in the North Caucasus and Azerbaijanis grow weary of conflict

by OC Media

•1 min read

Mark Youngman, the executive director of Threatologist and a senior lecturer at the University of Portsmouth, sheds light on the latest insurgent attacks in Ingushetia and Chechnya. Read more: * Three police officers killed in latest battle with gunmen in Ingushetia Ismi Aghayev talks about the latest clashes on the Azerbaijan–Armenia border and the reactions to the Tuesday’s clash, and the conflict among Azerbaijanis. Read more: * Deadly clashes between Armenia

Police at the scene of the shootout on 5 April. Photo: Russian Interior Ministry/TASS.

Ingushetia

Three police officers killed in latest battle with gunmen in Ingushetia

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•1 min read

Three police officers have been killed and eight others wounded in the latest battle between police and a group of gunmen in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia. Russian state news agency TASS reported that the shootout took place on Wednesday night in the village of Zyazikov-Yurt, in the northern Malgobek district of Ingushetia. TASS cited the FSB in Ingushetia as saying that police had moved in to apprehend the group but were met with gunfire. Mash Gor, a local Telegram channel, reported

Ingushetia

Ingushetia introduces counter-terrorism regime following attack on police checkpoint

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•1 min read

Ingush authorities have begun a counter-terrorism operation in the town of Malgobek, a week after two police officers were wounded in an attack on a checkpoint at the border with North Ossetia. On Monday, The Magas Times, an Ingush news Telegram channel, reported that a gunfight took place after a police patrol located four individuals suspected of carrying out the 27 March attack. One officer was injured during the gunfight. ‘The head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) for the R