Experts: Chechen Attacks for Independence
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President Vladimir Putin depicts rebels in Chechnya as part of the international terrorist threat spearheaded by al-Qaida. But analysts say the Chechen insurgency remains largely a nationalist movement aimed at winning independence from Russia.
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CHECHEN warlord Shamil Basayev has claimed responsibility for the deadly school hostage siege in Beslan. The claim was reportedly made through a letter posted on a rebel website today.
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Radical Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev purportedly took responsibility Friday for a recent series terrorist attacks in Russia but put ultimate blame for a school massacre on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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According to a letter posted on a &quot;rebel&quot; website, Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev is claiming responsibility for the Beslan school siege and other terrorist attacks on Russia.
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MOSCOW, Sep 4 (IPS) - The killings at the Beslan school in Russia are  only the gravest  in a long campaign of attacks and hostage  taking by Chechen separatists.
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MOSCOW -- A few days before the election that won him the presidency of Russia's violence-plagued Chechnya region, Major General Alu Alkhanov gave a startling order to the police force he commanded: Shoot anyone wearing a mask.
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The brutality and meticulous planning of the school hostage-taking and other recent terror attacks in Russia have focused new attention on the growing influence of Islamic extremists over Chechen rebels and raised suspicions of a global terror connection.
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The Chechen separatist leader, Aslan Maskhadov, tried to distance himself from extremists in the independence movement yesterday by declaring that his former commander-in-chief Shamil Basayev would one day stand trial for ordering the Beslan school siege.
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Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev purportedly took responsibility today for a school siege and other recent attacks that have killed more than 430 people.
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Radical Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev has apparently taken responsibility for a recent series of terrorist attacks in Russia.
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Radical Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev purportedly took responsibility Friday for a recent series of terrorist attacks in Russia.
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Russia&#39;s threat to target &quot;terrorists anywhere&quot; is a danger to Britain, Europe and the rest of the world, a top Chechen separatist based in the UK has warned.
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Chechen attacks highlight Russia's failure to crush a rebellion
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(InfoWorld) - A Russian computer security expert predicts that terrorists could seek to target the country's critical infrastructure through electronic warfare, a strategy that could raise the stakes in how Russia handles computer crime. While terrorists aren't believed to currently have the know-how to disrupt critical infrastructure, it would be "very dangerous" if they start learning, said Valery Vasenin, head of the Computer Security Department at the Institute for Information Security Problems (IISP) at Moscow State University. "I think the phenomenon of terrorism will go in this direction," Vasenin said in an interview at his office. "This is probably the most important problem for the coming years." Russia's energy grid is a possible target, which could cause widespread blackouts. The air transportation or fuel distribution systems are other possible targets, Vasenin said. Russia has experienced chilling episodes of terrorism. In September 2004, 331 people, more than half of whom were children, were killed when Chechen separatists stormed a school in Beslan. In October 2002, Chechen rebels took 850 people hostage in a Moscow theater; 117 died after Russian forces used a poisonous gas before entering the premises. No major cyberterrorism incident in Russia has been recorded. However, the country's infrastructure is becoming more networked and less isolated than before, which could make it more vulnerable to cyberattacks, Vasenin said. "Russia, at the moment, is average in terms of computer security, like the rest of the world," Vasenin said. In the 1990s, the Internet in Russia was still viewed as something of a domain for academics, Vasenin said. But the rapid change of technology and emergence of threats has led to greater attention to security issues, he said. Moscow State University's IISP was established in 2004 to study network security, the psychology of human behavior and the Internet, along with computer forensics and judicial issues. Russia lacks laws that clearly define computer crime, he said, making it difficult for Internal Affairs Ministry agents to investigate and bring cases. IISP is studying other countries' computer crime laws and formulating recommendations. "They [the Internal Affairs Ministry] are somewhat unarmed," Vasenin said. "We understand we [Russia] have these problems related to legislation, just as there are worldwide problems." Through June, Russia recorded 8,400 computer-related crimes, according to figures released by the Internal Affairs Ministry in October. Forty-three percent of the cases were related to online auction fraud, with the remainder comprising information theft, unauthorized access, child pornography violations and others, the ministry said. Boris Miroshnikov, who heads the cybercrime department in Russia's Internal Affairs Ministry, has called for more trained experts to handle criminal cases that often cross international borders. Miroshnikov's comments at a cybersecurity conference were published earlier this year by Moscow State University. "Do we have today a school of experts in the field of cybercrimes?" Miroshnikov told conference participants. "Unfortunately, I do not think so." (Pavel Kupriyanov of Computerworld Russia contributed to this report.) Â
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Chechnya&#39;s notorious warlord ShamilBasayev is behind the school hostage-taking in southern Russia that has led to the deaths of over 100 people, Russia&#39;s Federal Security Service (FSB) said.
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Moscow, Sep 20. (UNI): Russian troops have launched a special operation to capture Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev and rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov wanted for a series of terrorist attacks in Russia including the Beslan school strike.
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MOSCOW, SEPTEMBER 17: Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility on Friday for the Beslan siege in which more than 320 people died and threatened more attacks.