Valery Khatazhukov
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Leader blames law enforcement agencies for harsh treatment of devout Muslims.
The revelation that many of those involved in the Nalchik attacks were local men raises questions about what drove them to attack their own capital.
There are difficult days ahead for President Arsen Kanokov as he comes to grips with the republic’s myriad problems.
Several candidates waiting in the wings to replace the ailing leader of the North Caucasian republic.
Deported ethnic Circassian wins the right to return to his ancestral homeland.
The end of television broadcasts in the Kabardinian and Balkar languages has sparked a debate over the future of the Russian autonomous republic.
Mosques are closed and worshippers arrested in the North Caucasian republic.