Russia tightens Caucasus security
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Russia announces a new security structure for the North Caucasus to prevent Beslan-style terror attacks.
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Russia's finance minister announces $5bn in extra funds for security services to help combat terrorism.
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Russian deputies back a bill giving the Kremlin more control over the regions, in order to improve security.
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President Vladimir Putin stepped up Kremlin control over Russia's regions and called for moves to improve security in the north Caucasus as he appointed a mew government chief of staff after the Beslan school hostage tragedy.
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A color-coded alert system, tighter controls on foreigners and restoring the death penalty are among the proposals to strengthen Russian security after a series of terror attacks, culminating in a deadly siege of a school, dubbed "Russia's Sept. 11."
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A wave of terror has hit Russia. We have grown used to referring to what has been happening in Chechnya as the âcounter-terrorist operationâ.
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Russia orders a crackdown on Georgian-owned businesses and tighter visa measures in an escalating row.
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President Vladimir Putin ordered  sweeping changes to Russia's political system on Monday to help  combat terrorism, but immediately drew accusations of  exploiting this month's bloody school siege to boost his power.
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President Vladimir Putin ordered  sweeping changes Monday to Russia's political system to help  combat terrorism, but immediately drew charges he was  exploiting a bloody school siege to boost his personal power.
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Chechnya&#39;s new Kremlin-backed president was sworn in Tuesday, taking the helm of this wartorn Russian region under heavy guard nearly five months after his predecessor
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President Vladimir Putin stepped up Kremlin control over Russia's regions and called for moves to improve security in the north Caucasus after the Beslan school hostage tragedy.
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The heavily armed militants behind a deadly school raid in southern Russia passed through a region dotted by checkpoints whose chief purpose is to keep violence from spreading outside the breakaway Chechnya region.
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President Vladimir Putin ordered a crackdown in southern Russia after a school siege killed at least 250, and warned Chechen sympathisers on Saturday they would be seen as "accomplices of terrorism."
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Police have raided Georgian businesses  in Moscow after Russia cut transport links with its southern  neighbor, escalating a crisis between the two states.
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A glance at Chechnya and its conflict:
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TBILISI -- The commander of Russian military forces in Georgia said yesterday his troops had been put on high alert and ordered to use lethal force to defend their bases, amid mounting tensions over the arrest of four Russian military officers accused of spying. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, denounced the Georgian authorities' arrests as ``state terrorism" and blamed unidentified ...
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As Moscow tightens controls on Georgians, Russian papers warn of the dangers of overreacting.