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Russia's Strike Against a Chechen Militant Leader

Mar 29, 2011 | 21:05 GMT

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev (C) with Ingush President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov (R) and his Chechen counterpart Ramzan Kadyrov (L) at a meeting in August 2010

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Summary

Reports surfaced March 29 that Chechen militant leader Doku Umarov was killed by Russian special operations forces in the republic of Ingushetia in the northern Caucasus. Whether or not Umarov was killed in this particular operation, the Russian strike had political elements and will not have significant impact on the northern Caucasus militant landscape.

The operation against the Caucasus Emirate's political context....

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