Kavkaz Center
Type of site | News |
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Available in | Russian, English, Ukrainian, Arabic, Turkish |
Created by | Movladi Udugov |
URL | kavkazcenter.com |
Registration | none |
Launched | March 1999 |
Current status | Active |
The Kavkaz Center (KC; Russian: Кавказ-центр, romanized: Kavkaz-centr, lit. 'Caucasus Center') is a privately run website/portal which aims to be "a Chechen internet agency which is independent, international and Islamic".[1] The stated mission of the site is to report events related to Chechnya and also to "provide international news agencies with news-letters, background information and assistance in making independent journalistic work in North Caucasus".
History
Founded in March 1999 in the city of Grozny in Chechnya, the KC was organized and headed by
The Kavkaz Center caused a major controversy in September 2004 when the server hosting it, located in
After the
In 2006, Russian journalist and regular KC contributor
Starting on 6 June 2012 and continuing for over two months, Kavkaz Center was the target of a massive distributed denial of service (
According to rulings of the judicial bodies of the Russian Federation, materials published on the site are extremist and incite ethnic hatred.[11] It was therefore included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials per Russian internet censorship law and blocked for viewing from Russia.[12]
References
- ^ "RADICALIZATION OF THE CHECHEN RESISTANCE OR THE TACTICAL CHOICE OF THE LEADERSHIP?". The Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ Claire Bigg. "Russia: Chechen Rebel Leader Reshuffles Ministers". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2006-02-08.
- ^ Saradzhyan, Simon. "Chechnya: Divisions in the Ranks". International Relations And Security Network. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "The Chechen Separatist Movement". Council on Foreign Relations. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ISBN 978-0-7546-7472-6.
- ^ "Versions – 3". A Step At A Time. 31 March 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ ""Kavkaz-Center" Terrorist Website Located in Estonia". REGNUM News Agency. 2003-04-30. Archived from the original on 2009-05-18.
- The Jamestown Foundation. 2006-11-30. Archivedfrom the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
- The Jamestown Foundation. 2005-08-18. Archivedfrom the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
- SC Magazine. Archivedfrom the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
- ^ "Райсуд в Забайкалье признал экстремистскими ряд публикаций «Кавказцентра» в 2007 году" [Raion court in Transbaikalia ruled that a number of publications by Kavkaz-Center in 2007 are extremist]. RIA Novosti-Siberia. 2009-01-29. Archived from the original on 2012-08-28.
- ^ "Archive of websites blacklisted in Russia (Russian)". Archived from the original on 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2015-03-24.