SEVERAL blasts in southern Russia today killed two people and wounded 28, officials said, the latest casualties in a struggle with Islamic insurgents in the volatile North Caucasus region.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – An explosion hit a railway technician’s engine in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, slightly injuring its operator, Russian Railways said, and investigators said they suspected the blast was a terrorist attack.
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) – A bomb destroyed part of a main gas pipeline in Russia’s Muslim region of Dagestan, but supply disruptions are expected to be minimal, the regional division of Gazprom said.
A militant website is said to have received a statement from a group claiming responsibility for the bombing of train in Russia.
MOSCOW: An explosion hit a railway in Russia’s restive Caucasus region of Dagestan early Monday, just days after an attack that killed 25 people aboard a passenger train in northern Russia, AFP reported.
MOSCOW – The death toll from Russia’s deadly train derailment rose to 26 Monday after a wounded passenger died and police released a composite sketch of a man thought to be involved in bombing the train.
A website operated by Islamist insurgents in Chechnya says it has received a statement claiming responsibility for attacks against a Russian military base and an underground gas storage facility.
MOSCOW — The Russian Interior Ministry has announced the arrest of three suspected terrorists in Moscow, RFE/RL’s Russian Service reports.
MOSCOW – Russia’s Defense Ministry says eight military personnel were killed when a truckload of ammunition exploded as they cleaned up after a huge conflagration at a munitions depot earlier this month.
A Russian human rights group today said that gunmen loyal to Chechnya’s pro-Kremlin president had abducted a human rights activist in Moscow and flown him to Chechnya.
