By Alima Bissenova (5/11/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)

DAGESTAN POLICE OFFICE CHIEF KILLED

2 May

A police chief in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Dagestan was killed on Sunday, investigators reported.

"The chief of the police office in the Sergokala District, Nasrula Magomedov, was shot from unidentified automatic weapons in the yard of his house. He died of wounds," a spokesman for investigators said.

By Ali (4/14/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)

NATO's South Caucasus envoy to visit Georgia

1 April

The NATO secretary general's special representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia will pay an official visit to Georgia next week, a Georgian government spokesman said on Friday. The visit is set for April 7-8.

By Alima Bissenova (2/2/2011 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Azerbaijan Islamic Party head accused of coup attempt

21 January