Russian Military: 12 Killed in Chechnya
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Russian artillery strikes killed 12 rebels Tuesday outside Chechnya's capital Grozny, the Interfax news agency said, citing a military spokesman.
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GROZNY, Russia -- Twelve years after Chechnya sank into a maelstrom of violence, Russia has all but won its war against separatist rebels in the breakaway Muslim republic. Russian President Vladimir Putin's strategy of slowly withdrawing federal forces and relying on a pro-Moscow Chechen strongman to squelch the conflict seems to have worked.
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At least 22 Chechen rebels were killed by Russian troops in the separatist republic, including a man officials say was linked to the assassination of Chechnya âs pro-Moscow president Akhmad Kadyrov.
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BESLAN, Russia  - Russian troops stormed a school  on Friday, blaming Chechen hostage-takers for a bloody battle  in which more than 200 people -- dozens of them children --  were killed and hundreds were wounded.
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The pro-Moscow security forces in Chechnya claim to have killed 22 separatist fighters loyal to rebel leader, Shamil Basayev.
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MOSCOW, Russia (Agencies) -- Seven people were killed as armed attackers stormed a school in southern Russia and took at least 100 people hostage on Wednesday, Russian media reported.
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GROZNY: Dozens of people were killed in a weekend Chechen rebel offensive on the eve of a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin, officials said on Monday.
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MOSCOW (CP) - A Canadian reported killed in Chechnya was described by Russian defence officials Friday as an explosives expert who was among a group of insurgents involved in fighting there.
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Security forces in Chechnya kill Rustam Basayev, one of the last remaining rebel figures, Russian officials say.
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All nine people aboard a Russian plane that went missing on Thursday have been killed, a Russian radio station reported on Friday.
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Hundreds of security forces stormed an apartment building Thursday in southern Russia, killing seven suspected Islamic extremists linked to Chechen rebels and ending a two-day standoff.
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Russian special forces Friday stormed the school near Chechnya where hundreds of children and adults have been held hostage for 52 hours. The action followed an intense gun battle during which dozens of hostages escaped even as gunmen fired on them.
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Gunmen attacked a police station and polling sites in the Chechen capital Saturday night, killing several people eight days before a special election to replace the region's assassinated president, according to Russian news agencies.
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Two car bombings in the Chechen capital, including one outside a hospital, killed one person and injured 12 others on Sunday, emergency officials said.
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At least seven people were killed and 310 others wounded Friday, reports said, after commandos stormed a school in southern Russia where hundreds had been held hostage for three days by Chechen rebels strapped with explosives.
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BESLAN, Russia -- The hostage standoff at a school near Chechnya ended tragically yesterday with more than 200 children and adults reported killed and hundreds injured in an afternoon of fighting.
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ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia  - Eight Russian soldiers and police were killed by rebels in Chechnya within a 24-hour period, and a military helicopter crashed on a flight out of the region, killing two of the three crew members aboard, officials said.