Kamil Etinbekov

June 24 Kamil Etinbekov, head of Dagestan's FSB counter-intelligence department, was assassinated.

Federal Security Service (FSB) Colonel Kamil Etinbekov was shot and killed by unknown assailants near his home in the Daghestani capital Makhachkala on 24 June, RIA-Novosti and other Russian news agencies reported.Etinbekov was the territorial head of counterintelligence for the FSB and led investigations into terrorist activities for more than a year, NTV reported.Etinbekov previously participated in secret FSB missions in Chechnya, the station added.VY

CHECHEN INTERIOR MINISTER ANNOUNCES NOMINATION.Major General Alu Alkhanov informed Chechnya's Central Election Commission on 24 June of his intention to register as a candidate in the 29 August ballot to elect a successor to slain pro-Moscow leader Kadyrov, Russian news agencies reported.He is the 14th person to signal his intention to contest the election.To register formally, Alkhanov must collect 6,000 signatures in his support.Alkhanov said that if elected, he will continue Kadyrov's policies of reviving the Chechen economy, improving socioeconomic conditions, providing housing, and eradicating terrorism, Interfax reported.Alkhanov said the administrative border between Chechnya and Ingushetia is "quiet" following the 21-22 June raids in Ingushetia, and he confirmed that the militants who perpetrated those attacks were led by an Ingush, Magomed Evloev.LF