The appointment of Viktor Zubkov as Russia’s new prime minister has intensified speculation that Vladimir Putin harbours ambitions of remaining in office beyond next year’s presidential election.

For September 9, 2007 human rights activists know four of the people of KC (Karachay-Cherkessia) who had been subjected to massive political repression carried out in the region in preparation for the Olympics-2014 in Sochi. Their names are Barakayev, Kabardayev, Karasov, Turkmenov.

During the past few weeks, the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria has been in the Russian news for three separate and important reasons. First, there has been a marked increase in the activity of the local mujahideen.