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• Profiles: Russia's most wanted (BBC) (September 8, 2004)

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• Quick Guide: The Chechen Conflict (BBC)

• The Chechen Conflict (BBC In-Depth Analysis and News)

• Russia: A Decade of Democracy (BBC Analysis)

• Amnesty International Reports
• Russia's region of 'lawlessness' (BBC News) (April 26, 2008)
• 'They didn't take me seriously' (BBC News) (March 11, 2008)
• The colony for Russia's young offenders (BBC News) (December 4, 2006)
• Russia's abandoned HIV children (BBC) (February 21, 2006)
• Beslan boy recalls hostage horror (BBC) (September 9, 2004)
• Russia targets top Chechen rebels (BBC) (September 8, 2004)
• 155 children among dead in Beslan school siege (The New York Times and agencies) (September 5, 2004)
• High death toll in Russia siege (BBC) (September 4, 2004)

• Russian pupils held in armed siege (BBC) (September 1, 2004)

• What next for Chechnya? (BBC) (May 10, 2004)

• Assassination betrays Moscow's claims of a pacified province (The Times) (May 10, 2004)

• Chechen president killed by bomb (BBC) (May 9, 2004)

• Chechen déjà vu (BBC) (October 6, 2003)

• Inside a Chechen bomber's mind (BBC) (September 4, 2003)

• Russian pupils get anti-terror lessons (BBC) (September 2, 2003)

• Europe's forgotten hostage (BBC) (August 12, 2003)

• Caucasus attack kills five (BBC) (July 30, 2003)

• Russian colonel returns to court (BBC) (July 25, 2003)

• Chechnya's forgotten refugees (BBC) (July 14, 2003)

• Chechnya torture 'not being tackled' (BBC) (July 10, 2003)

• Moscow bomb kills explosives expert (BBC) (July 10, 2003)

• Chechnya's female bombers (BBC) (July 7, 2003)

• Putin vows to destroy Chechen rebels (BBC) (July 7, 2003)

• Russian troops terrorise farmers as Chechen war crosses border (The Guardian) (June 26, 2003)

• Blair urged to challenge Putin on Chechnya (The Times) (June 24, 2003)
• An unwinnable war, but Russia cannot quit (The Times) (May 13, 2003)

• Hope lives on in Chechen ruins (BBC) (April 15, 2003)

• Russian helicopters 'lost' in Chechnya (BBC) (March 20, 2003)

• Rights court to hear Chechen lawsuits (BBC) (January 16, 2003)

• Cold comfort in Moscow (BBC) (November 15, 2002)

• Moscow police turn against Chechens (The Guardian) (November 5, 2002)

• Russian kids get sent to boot camp (BBC) (August 6, 2002)

• Former ally links Putin to Moscow blasts (Guardian) (March 6, 2002)

• War reporter falls victim to Russian smear campaign (Guardian) (February 22, 2002)

• Concluding observations of the Committee against Torture (UNHCHR)

• Concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNHCHR)

• US Department of State Report on Russia (US Government)

• The Puzzles Of Patriotic Communism: Gennadi Zyuganov, The Russian Milosevic? (Alexander Yanov)

• Russia's Demographic "Crisis": How Real Is It? (Julie DaVanzo and David Adamson)

• Report on refugees, forced migrants, and propiska in Russia

• Russia and its neighbourhood: conflict developments and settlement efforts (Vladimir Baranovsky)