21 January – Two militants were killed in an operation by the Russian security forces at the Vpered settlement, Kizlyar District, in Dagestan.[citation needed]
30 January – At least two police officers and three suspected militants were killed during a gunfight in Shali, Chechnya.[1]
5 March – A group allegedly linked to the Islamic State (IS) was rounded up by the Russian forces in Derbent, Dagestan; one militant was killed in a shootout.[citation needed]
24 March – At least six Russian soldiers and six attackers were killed in the insurgents' attack on a Russian National Guard base at the village of Naurskaya, northwest of Grozny, in Chechnya. IS claimed responsibility for the attack.[2]
3 April –
Two traffic police officers are gunned down by unknown assailants in Astrakhan. The regional authorities blame the attack on "radical Wahhabi Islamists".[3]
8 April – Two traffic policemen were killed after their vehicle came under fire from Islamic militants in Ingushetia, North Caucasus.[9]
10 April – About 20 citizens from the Caucasian Republic shot at a gas station by the M4 Don motorway.[citation needed]
12 May – One police officer was injured in shooting near police station in Ingushetia. Two attackers were killed during the shootout.[10] IS claimed responsibility for the attack.[11]
18 May – Four suspected militants, including a leader of the "Kadar" insurgency group, were killed during shootout with police in the Buynaksky District, Dagestan. Weapons, ammunition, and explosives were found on premises during a police raid.[12]
28 August – Two Islamists attacked police officers with knives at the gas station in Kaspiysk. One policeman was killed, another was wounded. Both militants were shot dead.[13]
28 August – Two militants were killed in an anti-terrorism operation on the outskirts of the Khasavyurt city. Two police officers also died from injuries received during the skirmish.[14]
5 November – A police officer was killed and also two attackers in a shooting during a police control. One of the attackers tried to make a suicide attack but he was shot dead by the security forces.[15]
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