Ingush Islamists Target Alcohol Sellers

Reuters

A man pouring vodka in Nazran on Jan. 30. Several places were attacked last year for selling alcohol in the area.

NAZRAN, Ingushetia — A masked guard clad in camouflage pokes his AK-47 assault rifle into the shoulder of a vodka-guzzling client in a hotel bar in Ingushetia and orders him to leave immediately.

The state-employed security guard then leads the man and his coterie of quiet revelers out of the dimly lit bar.

Islamist Wanted for Airport Blast: Report

Reuters

Monday's suicide attack in the arrivals hall of Moscow's Domodedovo airport bore the hallmarks of Islamist insurgents from the North Caucasus. No group has claimed responsibility, which left some 130 injured.

The daily Kommersant, citing unnamed security sources, said the wanted man was named Razdobudko and a resident of the Stavropol province, which borders on provinces of the North Caucasus inhabited by mostly Muslim non-Russian ethnic minorities.

Killers Target Healers and Soothsayers

By Nikolaus von Twickel

Two gunmen in the Dagestani capital, Makhachkala, killed a woman engaged in fortunetelling, alternative medical practices and lifting magic spells, Interfax reported.

Pilot Error Probed in Domodedovo Crash

By Alexandra Odynova

A passenger’s photo showing people fleeing a Tu-154 passenger jet that made an emergency landing at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport on Saturday.

Investigators were considering Sunday whether the pilots who crash-landed a Tu-154 at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport over the weekend were heros for saving 165 of the 167 people on board or responsible for the emergency that required the landing.