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15 Reported Killed at Moscow Rock Fest MOSCOW - At least 15 people were killed Saturday afternoon when explosions that police blamed initially on terrorists roared through the area around a rock festival on Moscow's outskirts, news reports said. The Interfax and ITAR-Tass news agencies both cited unnamed law-enforcement sources as saying the first blast took place after guards stopped a woman at the entrance to the festival and she detonated an explosives-packed belt. Interfax put the death toll at 15, while ITAR-Tass said at least 20 had been killed. Moscow police and the emergency situations ministry could not immediately...

My Russian is poor, but I translate the mentioned site as reporting the Russia's NTV network is reporting that Russian forces are storming the theater to try to free the hostages.

Fighting erupts in republic neighbouring Chechnya Russian warplanes and artillery blasted a village in Ingushetia where Chechen rebels battled federal troops in the worst fighting seen in the Russian republic bordering Chechnya for two years. The fierce clashes which erupted before dawn drove hundreds of civilians to flee Galashki, in a mountainous border area some 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Chechnya, and caused many casualties, including at least one civilian. The body of a British man aged around 30 was found among the dead rebels in the village, the Russian presidency announced Thursday. The Chechen guerrillas, who according to Moscow...

Putin Vows to Hunt "Scum" as 34 Die in Blast By Jon Boyle MOSCOW (Reuters) - A blast tore through a Victory Day parade in a southern Russian republic bordering rebel Chechnya on Thursday, killing at least 34 people, including 12 children. President Vladimir Putin vowed to hunt down and punish the attackers, whom he described as "scum" who should be treated like Nazis. He blamed the attack in the Caspian Sea port of Kaspiisk on "terrorists," the usual Kremlin term to describe separatist Chechen rebels. Chechnya neighbors the impoverished province of Dagestan where the attack took place. "This crime...

Notorious warlord killed in Chechnya Jordan-born warlord Khattab, one of the most notorious terrorists operating in Chechnya, was killed in a special operation in Chechnya. Alexander Zdanovich, a senior official in the Russian Federal Security Service, confirmed this information. “Evidence of Khattab’s death will be produced soon,” he told RBC. Khattab was involved in military fighting in a number of the world’s hot spots, including Afghanistan and Middle East countries. He is an expert on explosives, and he personally trained Chechen fighters. There is evidence that Khattab was involved in atrocities against Russian servicemen. According to a source in the...