Four days of fighting near the border between Chechnya and Dagestan broke out between Muslim insurgents and police. 17 police were killed while the deaths of at least 7 insurgents were confirmed. Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev reported that the government personnel were ambushed. The fighting is stated to be the result of frustration over questionable police tactics, as well as lingering sentiment from 2 wars against Chechen rebels in 1994-95 and 1999. The area's security has been faulty since those times, but this is the greatest death toll in months.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/18/us-russia-chechnya-idUSTRE81H0KY20120218
Cody Follis
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