Persoverzicht Tsjetsjenië - maart 2013
4 maart 2013
Fake assets in Dagestan's banks: Investigators and the Central Bank uncovered large falsifications in a number of Dagestan's banks: These banks have their assets mostly only on paper, including individual bank deposits, loans and securities. (Kommersant)
7 maart 2013
Dagestan, Ingushetia decide against holding direct governor elections: Dagestanand Ingushetia could decide against holding direct governor elections. Kommersant recalls that the term of office of Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Yevkurov expires in autumn, while Ramazan Abdulatipov has been appointed as acting head of Dagestan. (Kommersant)
11 maart 2013
Judge killed in Dagestan: (i) A series of attacks have been perpetrated in Dagestan over the weekend. Federal judge Akhmed Radzhabov was killed in Dagestan on Saturday. Investigators consider Radzhabov's professional activity the main theory behind the killing. Press recalls that in January, judge of Dagestan's Supreme Court Magomed Magomedov was killed in Makhachkala. Also on Saturday, a school teacher of the Russian language Fazina Ibragimova was killed in Dagestan. Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports that two militants were killed in a shootout with police in Dagestan on Saturday. (ii) Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes in a front-page article that only professional units of the Interior Troops will be involved in ensuring the security during the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014. (ITAR-TASS, Kommersant, NG, Novye Izvestia, RG; Ekho Moskvy)
12 maart 2013
Bill on governor elections to be amended: Amendments have been drafted ahead of a second reading of a draft bill which would allow regions not to hold direct gubernatorial elections. RBK daily writes in a comment that that direct gubernatorial elections could be abolished in any Russian region, not only in the North Caucasus republics. (Kommersant, RBK daily, RG)
13 maart 2013
Territorial dispute between Chechnya and Ingushetia escalates?:Kommersant reports on an escalation of a territorial dispute between Chechnya and Ingushetia over Ingushetia's Sunzha district. (Kommersant)
22 maart 2013
Dagestan: (i) A special task force officer was killed and two others were wounded in a clash with militants near Makhachkala. (ii) According to media reports, several suspected militants were killed in an operation that started on 20 March in Dagestan's Untsukulsky district. Kommersant reports that one of the militants, who had been killed, was suspected of involvement in the killing of Dagestan's Interior Minister Adilgerei Magomedtagirov. (Kommersant, NG, RIAN)