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	The '''Kavkaz Center''' (KC, literally ''Caucasus center'') is a privately-run ] publication which aims to be "a ] internet ] which is independent, ] and ]ic" that "does not represent the viewpoint of any state structures".<ref></ref> The 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 ]."<ref></ref>		The '''Kavkaz Center''' (KC, literally ''Caucasus center'') is a privately-run ] publication which aims to be "a ] internet ] which is independent, ] and ]ic" that "does not represent the viewpoint of any state structures".<ref></ref> 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 ]."<ref></ref>

	Since its inception it has broadcast Chechen separatist ] in support for the secession of the ] and later the ] and the ] worldwide. The website published in five languages, ], ], ], ], and ].		Since its inception it has broadcast Chechen separatist ] in support for the secession of the ] and later the ] and the ] worldwide. The website published in five languages, ], ], ], ], and ].

	The KC was founded in March 1999 in the city of ], Chechnya, by the National Center for Strategic Research and Political Technologies, headed by ], former ] of the Chechnya and then-leader of the "national information service".<ref></ref> In 1999 the site was ranked 21st in popularity among sites accessed in ], probably because ~~Udugov's site~~ represented an alternative source of information early in the ].<ref></ref>		The KC was founded in March 1999 in the city of ], Chechnya, by the National Center for Strategic Research and Political Technologies, headed by ], former ] of the Chechnya and then-leader of the "national information service".<ref></ref> In 1999 the site was ranked 21st in popularity among sites accessed in ], probably because KC represented an alternative source of information early in the ].<ref></ref>

	The Kavkaz Center caused a major controversy in September 2004 when the server it was being hosted on, located in ], was shut down by Lithuanian authorities on ] charges, after a letter from ] claiming responsibility for the ] and a series of photos from the preparations to the attack were published on the site.<ref></ref> The website subsequently re-opened on a ] at the ] ], in ], and then in April 2008 to an ]n server, supplied by the ].<ref></ref>		The Kavkaz Center caused a major controversy in September 2004 when the server it was being hosted on, located in ], was shut down by Lithuanian authorities on ] charges, after a letter from the Chechen rebel commander ] claiming responsibility for the ] and a series of photos from the preparations for the attack were published on the site.<ref></ref> The website subsequently re-opened on a ] at the ] ], in ], and then in April 2008 to an ]n server, supplied by the ].<ref></ref>

	After the ] in the republic of ], the Kavkaz Center was allegedly targeted by a discredit campaign from the ], which consisted on a massive worldwide distribution of ] which supposedly came from the Kavkaz Center website. After receiving several ], a message was published on the ], stating that they never sent the spam many people received, and that it was a discredit campaign against them because of their pro-terrorism points of view. Another spam attack campaign was active again on November 29, 2005, soliciting donations to a bank account in Sweden.<ref></ref>		After the ] in the republic of ], the Kavkaz Center was allegedly targeted by a discredit campaign from the ], which consisted on a massive worldwide distribution of ] which supposedly came from the Kavkaz Center website. After receiving several ], a message was published on the ], stating that they never sent the spam many people received, and that it was a discredit campaign against them because of their pro-terrorism points of view. Another spam attack campaign was active again on November 29, 2005, soliciting donations to a bank account in Sweden.<ref></ref>

	In 2006, Russian journalist and regular KC contributor ] was sentenced by a ] court to five years in prison for "fueling religious hatred".<ref></ref> Another Russian regular contributor, ], was sentenced to two years in a ] for illegally acquiring and possessing a firearm in 2005.<ref></ref>		In 2006, Russian journalist and regular KC contributor ] was sentenced by a Moscow court to five years in prison for "fueling religious hatred".<ref></ref> Another Russian regular contributor, Pavel Lyuzakov, was sentenced to two years in a ] for illegally acquiring and possessing a firearm in 2005.<ref></ref>

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The Kavkaz Center (KC, literally Caucasus center) is a privately-run Internet publication which aims to be "a Chechen internet agency which is independent, international and Islamic" that "does not represent the viewpoint of any state structures". 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 Caucasus."

Since its inception it has broadcast Chechen separatist propaganda in support for the secession of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and later the Caucasian Emirate and the mujahideen worldwide. The website published in five languages, English, Arabic, Ukrainian, Russian, and Turkish.

The KC was founded in March 1999 in the city of Grozny, Chechnya, by the National Center for Strategic Research and Political Technologies, headed by Movladi Udugov, former Minister of Information of the Chechnya and then-leader of the "national information service". In 1999 the site was ranked 21st in popularity among sites accessed in Moscow, probably because KC represented an alternative source of information early in the Second Chechen War.

The Kavkaz Center caused a major controversy in September 2004 when the server it was being hosted on, located in Lithuania, was shut down by Lithuanian authorities on hate speech charges, after a letter from the Chechen rebel commander Shamil Basayev claiming responsibility for the Beslan school hostage crisis and a series of photos from the preparations for the attack were published on the site. The website subsequently re-opened on a webserver at the Internet service provider PRQ, in Sweden, and then in April 2008 to an Estonian server, supplied by the AS Starman.

After the October 2005 Nalchik attack in the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, the Kavkaz Center was allegedly targeted by a discredit campaign from the FSB, which consisted on a massive worldwide distribution of spam mail which supposedly came from the Kavkaz Center website. After receiving several DoS attacks, a message was published on the homepage, stating that they never sent the spam many people received, and that it was a discredit campaign against them because of their pro-terrorism points of view. Another spam attack campaign was active again on November 29, 2005, soliciting donations to a bank account in Sweden.

In 2006, Russian journalist and regular KC contributor Boris Stomakhin was sentenced by a Moscow court to five years in prison for "fueling religious hatred". Another Russian regular contributor, Pavel Lyuzakov, was sentenced to two years in a prison colony for illegally acquiring and possessing a firearm in 2005.

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