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...local population practices Islam, regional authorities used arrests and beatings, closures of mosques, and limits on religious practice in public places to suppress Islam. These actions radicalized many young Muslims, who came to see armed revolt as the only means of protecting their religious freedom. As a result, the Nalchik airport, military, police and Federal Security Service buildings came under attack in October, and the city was under siege for several days. Dozens of people were killed or injured. The attack was put down by federal forces but the roots of the issue remain unaddressed. The Western world...
Nothing much usually happens in Nalchik, capital of the obscure Caucasian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Mostly, tourists come to ski or climb in mountains that include Europe's highest, Elbrus. They buy honey and fruit from roadside markets or enjoy an easygoing approach to nightlife that particularly appeals to travelers from more conservative regions. The sleepy little republic, which is home to a mix of ethnic Russians and Muslims, was also largely free of the insurgency that has set much of the North Caucasus - Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia - aflame. Even when the security services cracked down on alleged radical Islamists, closing...
...violence ended, officials variously described the attack as an attempt to seize arms or even capture the city. The guerrilla teams were big enough to terrorize, but not to hold their targets. It was not clear whether any rebels made away with stolen weapons. For the guerrillas, the Nalchik raid was a savage, politically successful piece of armed propaganda. Many of the fighters seemed ready to die, and many did, though the death toll is hard to gauge as both sides distort casualty figures. A government source, who wished to remain anonymous because his estimate deviates from the official line...
...enforcement agencies. Chechen guerrillas and their allies in the North Caucasus boast that they buy weapons from the Russian army and are assisted by local police. Meanwhile, bloody clashes, usually unreported in the media, occur daily in Chechnya. Last week, seven guerrillas were killed in a gunfight in Nalchik, capital of the once sleepy republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. A standoff in a city apartment block lasting almost two days concluded in a deadly six-hour firefight; two police were also reported injured. The rebels included four women and were part of the radical Islamist...
...Army wiped out 1500 additional German officers and men in boating off all enemy attempts to recapture a strategically important village on the Volkhov front. Soviet forces continued their advance southeast of Nalchik...