Two knife-wielding assailants kill a police officer and wound another in Grozny, Chechnya. The attackers are shot dead while trying to seize weapons. It is the second attack against police in the city in recent months; in October, two officers were killed by militants. 2020-12-28
In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration designates a white supremacist group, based in Russia, as a terrorist organization, and imposes individual sanctions on its leaders. The organization, Russian Imperial Movement imperiska rörelsen, is believed to have trained the perpetrators of a series of terrorist attacks in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2016. 2020-04-6
Russian Federal Security Service head Alexander Bortnikov says the FSB has foiled six terror attacks in 2018 so far, including plots targeting polling stations and a shopping centre. 2018-04-10
Six Chechen soldiers, along with six militants, are killed in a nighttime attack on a Russian National Guard base in Chechnya. 2017-03-24
At least two police officers and three suspected militants are killed during a gunfight in Shali, Chechnya. 2017-01-30
Two Russian special forces and two suspected militants are killed in a gunfight in Nazran, Ingushetia. 2016-11-24
Four Russian security officers and six militants are killed in an anti-terrorism operation in Dagestan. 2016-06-17
One policeman is killed and 14 are wounded in a clash with the North Caucasian rebels in Chechnya, Russia. 2013-06-29
Insurgency in the North Caucasus: Clashes occur between the Russian forces and Islamist militants in the Vedensky District, Chechnya, with reportedly 8 killed and 16 wounded. 2012-01-9