CSIS, 14 Jan 09: Violence in the North Caucasus 2009: A Bloody Year
Main Findings

In 2009:

• There were more than 1100 incidents of violence compared to 795 the previous year;

• Many of these incidents were deadly, with over 900 fatalities compared to 586 in 2008;

• One third of all incidents in the North Caucasus occurred in the Nazranovskii and Sunzhenskii districts of Ingushetia;

• The number of suicide bombings in the North Caucasus nearly quadrupled from 2008, with the majority occurring in Chechnya.