North Caucasus
Subregion in Eastern Europe
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| March 2025 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Ongoing Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus region, with 5 casualties reported in the current year
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| March 2025 | Chechnya blocked the Telegram app due to concerns it could be used by 'enemies'. |
| March 5 2025 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Russian counter-terrorism forces killed four ISIS-K affiliated militants who were plotting an attack against a regional interior ministry branch in Dagestan.
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| March 3 2025 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) thwarted a series of terrorist attacks planned for the Moscow metro and a Jewish religious institution, killing the accused planner.
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| February 20 2025 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Security Service of Georgia conducted operations against ISIS militants, capturing RG-42 grenades, F-1 grenades, explosives, detonators, UZRGM fuzes, AK-74 Bakelite magazines, and 5.45x39mm ammunition during a raid.
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| February 2025 | Artur Beterbiev's undisputed light-heavyweight championship period concluded. |
| 2024 | In the Russian presidential election, Vladimir Putin won 98.99% of the vote in Chechnya, an election critics called rigged and fraudulent. |
| 2024 | In the Russian presidential election, Vladimir Putin won 92.93% of the vote in Dagestan, with critics alleging the election was rigged and fraudulent. |
| 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Major escalation with 227 killed and over 610 injured
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| October 2024 | Artur Beterbiev becomes the undisputed light heavyweight champion, holding WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring titles, with an impressive record of 21 wins and 20 knockouts. |
| September 19 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Islamic State claimed its first attack in Azerbaijan, reporting the killing of 7 Azeri security personnel and wounding of 1 in a clash in Qusar district, Northern Azerbaijan. One IS militant was also killed during the incident.
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| August 23 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Four IS-linked prisoners took over the Surovikino penal colony in Volgograd Oblast, killing nine prison staff and taking hostages. All four prisoners were killed by Russian national guard snipers.
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| June 23 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
At least five suspected Islamic militants attacked a church and synagogue in Dagestan, killing 17 police officers and five civilians. The attackers were killed, with some identified as relatives of a local district head.
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| June 16 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Six IS-linked detainees abducted two Russian prison staff at a detention centre in Rostov. Five assailants were killed and one captured, with prison staff freed.
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| June 6 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Georgian State Security Service detained and arrested two ISIS-affiliated militants along with a weapon cache in the city of Batumi.
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| April 2024 | Chechnya introduces a new musical regulation mandating that all music must have a tempo between 80 and 116 beats per minute, in line with traditional Chechen cultural standards. This regulation also prohibits borrowing musical elements from other cultures. |
| April 22 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
IS gunmen attacked a Russian police patrol in Karachayevsk, killing 2 police officers and wounding a third, and seizing their weapons.
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| March 22 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Four Tajik IS–K gunmen attacked a concert hall and shopping mall in Krasnogorsk, Russia, killing 145 people in the group's first attack beyond Afghanistan's neighbors.
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| March 2 2024 | Clashes between militants and Russian police erupted in Ingushetia. |
| March 2 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
A shoot-out in Karabulak, Ingushetia resulted in six gunmen and a civilian killed, with 3 policemen injured. Russian authorities claimed the men were IS-associated.
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| 2023 | A wave of antisemitic attacks occurred across the North Caucasus, including Dagestan, during the Hamas-Israel war. |
| 2023 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Resurgence of conflict with 15 killed and 13 injured
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| January 21 2023 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
A civilian died in Makhachkala after being detained by police, killed during interrogation related to an armed conflict in the city.
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| 2022 | Chechen government supported Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with the Kadyrovtsy (Chechen military force under Kadyrov's command) playing a leading role in the Siege of Mariupol. |
| 2022 | The Ukrainian parliament voted to recognize the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria as territory temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation. |
| 2022 | Dagestani soldiers participated in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with many reported killed in action. |
| 2022 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Relatively low-intensity conflict with 6 killed and 0 injured
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| 2022 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Georgian State Security Service arrested a member of the Islamic State terrorist organisation at Tbilisi International Airport through its Counter-Terrorism Centre.
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| 2022 |
Krasnodar Krai
Demographic statistics showed 54,073 births (9.5 per 1,000) and 79,021 deaths (13.9 per 1,000), with a total fertility rate of 1.92 children per woman.
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| December 2022 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
State Security Service of Georgia detained Tsiskara Tokhosashvili, brother of ISIS commander Tsezar Tokhosashvili, on charges of joining ISIS and assisting terrorist activities in Syria and Iraq.
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| September 2022 | Dagestan became a center of North Caucasian protests against military mobilization. |
| June 2022 | US State Department advised citizens not to travel to the North Caucasus due to terrorism, kidnapping, and risk of civil unrest. |
| May 2022 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Tbilisi City Court convicted five individuals arrested in August 2021 for ISIS membership and plans to travel to a terrorist camp in Syria.
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| 2021 | Census confirms Ingush as overwhelming majority at 96.4%, with Chechens further reducing to 2.5% and Russians to 0.7%. |
| 2021 | Life expectancy in Ingushetia decreased to 80.5 years overall, with males at 77.3 years and females at 83.3 years, likely due to the pandemic. |
| 2021 | Population census conducted, estimating the republic's population at 527,220. |
| 2021 | Population statistics show a slight increase in fertility rate to 1.87, with a population of 513. |
| 2021 | Population census revealed a significant increase to 1,510,824 residents, with Chechens comprising 96.4% (1,456,792) of the total population. |
| 2021 | Chechnya demonstrated the biggest rise in life expectancy, with an average of 73.0 years, males at 70.5 years, and females at 75.3 years. |
| 2021 | Dagestan's life expectancy declined to an average of 76.6 years, with males averaging 74.1 years and females averaging 79.0 years. |
| 2021 | Latest census shows Northeast Caucasians (including Avars, Dargins, Lezgins, Laks, Tabasarans, Rutulians, and Chechens) comprise almost 75% of Dagestan's population. |
| 2021 | Abdulrashid Sadulaev wins gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in freestyle wrestling, further cementing Dagestan's reputation as a powerhouse in the sport. |
| 2021 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Reduced intensity of conflict with 20 killed and 10 injured
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| 2021 |
Krasnodar Krai
Life expectancy in the region was recorded at 70.53 years overall, with males at 66.08 years and females at 74.90 years.
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| 2021 |
Krasnodar Krai
Census confirms continued demographic trends, with Russians comprising 87.72% of the population, Armenians at 3.62%, and Ukrainians significantly reduced to just 0.50%.
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| 2021 |
Krasnodar Krai
Population of Krasnodar Krai was recorded as 5,838,273 in the Census, confirming its status as the third most populous federal subject in Russia.
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| December 22 2021 | Mass kidnappings begin, with up to 50 family members of government critics abducted. |
| August 2021 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Five individuals were arrested for membership in IS and plans to travel to a terrorist camp in Syria.
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| January 20 2021 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Chechen insurgent commander Aslan Byutukayev (Emir Khamzat/Abubakar) was killed alongside five other IS militants in a special operation in Katyr-Yurt, Chechnya; four soldiers were injured.
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| 2020 | Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Ingushetia maintained a total fertility rate of 1.85 and recorded a population of 507. |
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