Russia police shot dead ``Emir of Dagestan'':
Russian police shot dead a leading suspected insurgent, known as the ``Emir of Dagestan,'' and three other fighters in a firefight in Dagestan on Thursday, state-run news agencies reported, citing local police.
A Georgian police officer was shot dead on Friday near the de facto border with breakaway South Ossetia, the Georgian Interior Ministry said, blaming sniper fire from territory ``occupied'' by Russian forces.