On May 9th Russians will celebrate the 60th anniversary of their victory over Nazi Germany with the help of dignitaries, including President Bush. But in the North Caucasus over the last five years the date has come to stand for something else.
On 9 May 2000 a bomb-sniffing dog located a powerful bomb near the ceremonial rostrum upon which most of Dagestan's officials were due to take their places a few hours later. The rostrum was in the main square of Makhachkala, the capital of Russia's southernmost republic, wedged between Chechnya and the Caspian Sea. Had the bomb exploded, it would have eliminated most of Dagestan's leadership, killed dozens, and injured hundreds more.
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