Russian town hit by race violence
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A town in the northern Russia remains tense after days of mass race riots, reports say.
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Wails of mourning echoed through the streets of this southern Russian town on Sunday, and the region&#39;s top police officer offered his resignation in the wake
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Off-colour language by young Russians is proving a money-spinner for authorities in a southern region.
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Description: Tensions between Russia and Chechnya escalated with the rebel seizure of a school in Beslan earlier this month. Chechen separatists claim the violence stems from decades of abuse by Russian authorities seeking to take control of the region.
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The outcry over the police beating of  a leader of a budding movement to uphold motoristsâ rights has caused an unexpected burst of civic activism across Russia.
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An opposition Web site in the  southern Russian region of Ingushetia accused local authorities  on Thursday of trying to shut it down after it promoted  protests and published details of kidnaps and murders.
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A bar brawl that spilled out onto the streets of a working-class neighborhood early Saturday led to a shooting that left at least two people dead and three injured, police said.
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Police beat back anti-government protesters in the southern Russian region of Ingushetia.
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Gay activists and Western mayors express shock at anti-homosexual violence in Moscow.
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A month after armed gunmen took over 1,200 people hostage in Beslan, in Southern Russia, grief and anger still dominate this small town.
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ODESSA, Ukraine  - A statue of Catherine the Great has sparked a fierce row in the multi-ethnic Ukrainian port of Odessa, with riot police confronting Cossack demonstrators in the street after midnight.
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The death of Tarika Wilson during a drug raid has left tensions here simmering between minorities and police.
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Hundreds of people looted shops and  burned a restaurant belonging to Caucasus businessmen in an  outbreak of racial violence in northwestern Russia triggered by  the recent killing of two locals, Russian media said on Sunday.
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NAZRAN, Russia  - Russian riot police fired warning shots into the air and beat demonstrators who tried to rally on Saturday against alleged vote-rigging in the Muslim region of Ingushetia, a witness said.
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MOSCOW : Attacks by Chechen separatists late Saturday in Grozny, the capital of the Russian breakaway republic, left people several dead, including pro-Russian policemen, Russian news agencies reported, quoting pro-Russian officials.
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Protesters angry with the leadership of the troubled Russian region of Ingushetia clashed with riot police Saturday, throwing rocks and firebombs the day after the government started a major security operation.
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BESLAN, Russia  - The killing of more than 320  children, parents and teachers during the bloody end to a  53-hour school siege left barely a family untouched in the  small Russian town of Beslan.