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The Chechen security service destroys a rebel reported to have targeted its commander, <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/analyticstext/enganalytics/id/783160.html" target="_blank">Ramzan Kadyrov</a>.

A special operation leads to a second high-profile killing in less than a month.

A conflict between Russian troops and Chechen police officers results in at least three men killed.

A website is being pressurised by Ingushetia's authorities.

More than 50 political prisoners are released in Azerbaijan.

New accreditation rules may seriously impair media performance.

The dead man was found in the boot of a car on the roadside.

Leading to more than 150 violations revealed.

The living conditions are 'far from normal' in the prison, an official admits.

A Chechen official gives figures for Russian casualties in Chechnya.

A Chechen couple is searched, interrogated and deported from Finland without any explanation.

The country may face sanctions in April, unless it can show it is really determined to release its political prisoners.

Statements are highly critical in Azerbaijan, as Armenia allegedly breaks the ceasefire agreement.

Police take tough action to disperse a public meeting of students in Tbilisi.

Information is contradictory about <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html" target="_blank">Aslan Maskhadov</a>'s death. Many in the republic believe he was killed before 8 March in an area different from that in the official version.

Often criticised for its inability to ensure Meskhetian Turks' rights, the Russian government is happy to remind Georgia of commitments.

Azerbaijan's National Security Ministry neutralises an organised crime group that has long been involved in kidnappings.

Many in Tolstoy-Yurt think <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html" target="_blank">Aslan Maskhadov</a> was already dead when brought to the village.

There are strong reasons to believe <a href="http://eng.kavkaz.memo.ru/persontext/engperson/id/560900.html" target="_blank">Aslan Maskhadov</a> may have been killed by Chechen law enforcement and security agencies under Ramzan Kadyrov's command.

The ceasefire agreement between the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has today been violated.