“Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, warning ethnic tensions could tear Russia apart, said on Monday he would toughen migration rules and keep a tight rein on Russia’s regions to prevent it following the Soviet Union into oblivion.” (Source: Putin warns ethnic tensions risk tearing Russia apart | Reuters.)
“A car bomb exploded in the Russian republic of North Ossetia on Thursday, killing at least 14 people and injuring 85 more, government officials said, according to the Interfax news agency. The vehicle blew up near a market in the city of Vladikavkaz, the republic’s leader, Taimuraz Mamsurov, told Interfax. ‘Information that I possess indicates [...]
“A bombing outside a planned performance by a dance company from the restive Russian republic of Chechnya left six people dead and more than 40 wounded on Wednesday, state media reported. The bomb went off outside a community center in the southwestern Russian city of Stavropol, according to the Investigation Committee of the Russian Prosecutor’s [...]
“A suicide bomber has killed two policemen in an attack on a police station in Russia, the third terrorist outrage in the country in a week. A third officer was wounded in the blast outside the police headquarters in Karabulak, in the North Caucasus province of Ingushetia.
“Two suicide bombers including one impersonating a police officer killed 12 people in southern Russia on Wednesday, two days after deadly suicide bombings blamed on the region’s militants tore through the Moscow subway system. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday’s blasts in the province of Dagestan – which involved one bomber impersonating a police officer [...]