MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Islamists on Trial (in southern Russia)
By artappraiser on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 5:55pm |By Tom Parfit, foreignpolicy.com, February 24, 2011
"On a monthlong trip through Russia's bloody southern republics, our correspondent visits a nearly deserted courtroom looking for hints as to why the violence here has taken on a new level of viciousness."
....Despite the magnitude of the charges -- 142 people died in the attack -- the trial has been going on virtually unnoticed by the outside world since March 2009. Local newspapers here in the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria carry occasional reports from the process, but most Russians have no clue it is even taking place....
URL:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/02/24/terrorists_on_trial
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