"The Beslan attack took place against a backdrop of five years of widespread, persistent, and largely unpunished human rights violations by Russian troops against civilians in Chechnya as well as ...

This Friday, September 1, marks the second anniversary of Russia’s “9/11” — the atrocious seizure of more than 1,128 hostages in a Beslan school, which left more than 330 — most of them children — ...

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The name Beslan remains synonymous with horror. It is the name of the southern Russian town where a school siege in 2004 ended with the deaths of more than 300 hostages - half of them children. Yet ...

RFE/RL coverage and analysis of events in Russia's war-ravaged republic. For news and analysis on Russia by e-mail, subscribe to "RFE/RL Russia Report." 1 A Beslan commemoration ceremony in St.

Five years have passed since pro-Chechen terrorists seized School No. 1 in Beslan, a city in the North Caucasus, provoking a hostage crisis that ended in the massacre of 146 adults and 186 children.

Just days before the third anniversary of the massacre in the primary school, authorities declare the main group committed to shedding light on the tragedy illegal. “The Beslan Mothers” meanwhile ask ...

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With Russian President Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on opponents showing no signs of relenting, Russian authorities have gradually transformed a controversial “anti-extremism” law initially meant for ...

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