War And Civil Unrest Is Returning To The caucasus

Kremlin Says To Fire Security Aides If Caucasus Attacks Recur -- Reuters

MOSCOW/ATAZHUKINO Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev threatened on Thursday to sack top security officials if they fail to prevent more attacks on strategic assets in Russia's North Caucasus after suspected Islamist rebels bombed a hydropower plant there.

Six masked men stormed the power plant in Kabardino-Balkaria on Wednesday, shot dead two guards and set off remote-controlled bombs beside the main generator units, investigators for the prosecutor's office said in a statement.

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More News On The Unrest In The Caucasus

Russia: 5 Killed in Attacks in Muslim Separatist Region -- New York Times
Two militants killed in Russia's volatile North Caucasus -- RIA Novosti
Police officer murdered in Russia's Dagestan -- RIA Novosti
Judge shot dead in Dagestan -- AFP
Bishop killed in Russia's Dagestan -- Sacramento Bee
Doku Umarov names his successor -- Long War Journal

Tightened security around N Caucasus hydropower dams -- Voice of Russia
$49 million to fix North Caucasus plant -- UPI
Power Plant Attacked in Caucasus -- New York Times
Two killed in 'terror attack' on Russian power plant -- AFP
Two paramilitaries who attacked power plant killed in N Caucasus -- Itar Tass

Judge shot dead in Dagestan -- AFP
Bishop killed in Russia's Dagestan -- Sacramento Bee
Doku Umarov names his successor -- Long War Journal

Tightened security around N Caucasus hydropower dams -- Voice of Russia
$49 million to fix North Caucasus plant -- UPI
Power Plant Attacked in Caucasus -- New York Times
Two killed in 'terror attack' on Russian power plant -- AFP
Two paramilitaries who attacked power plant killed in N Caucasus -- Itar Tass

Rights Activists In North Caucasus Appeal To Medvedev For Protection -- Radio Free Europe
Putin Sets New Strategy to Fight Caucasus Insurgency -- Voice of America
How to prevent another war in the Southern Caucasus -- Donald D. Asmus, Washington Post

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