Beslan

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Tuesday inspected Chechen troops and volunteers readying to fight Ukraine, the Kremlin said, in what was Putin's first trip in 13 years to the North Caucasus republic.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that there were "serious failings" in Russia's handling of the Beslan school siege in North Ossetia in 2004, in which over 330 people were killed.

The militants -- from Chechnya and elsewhere -- demanded that Russian forces withdraw from the war-wracked republic.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Tuesday inspected Chechen troops and volunteers readying to fight Ukraine, the Kremlin said, in what was Putin's first trip in 13 years to the North Caucasus republic.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that there were "serious failings" in Russia's handling of the Beslan school siege in North Ossetia in 2004, in which over 330 people were killed.

The militants -- from Chechnya and elsewhere -- demanded that Russian forces withdraw from the war-wracked republic.