At least two Russian soldiers have died in bombings in Chechnya, including a suicide attack on an Interior Ministry battalion base, REUTERS quoted the Russian news agencies as saying on Saturday. One soldier died and 11 were wounded when two suicide bombers rammed a jeep packed with explosives through the fence of the base in Vedeno, south of the region's capital Grozny, a spokeman for the battalion was quoted as saying by RIA. Another soldier died in a radio-controlled bomb attack in the village of Serzhen-Yurt, which lies between Vedeno and Grozny. It was the second round of fatal attacks on Russian troops in the past week in Chechnya, a north Caucasus territory where Russia has fought two wars against separatist rebels since the breakup of the Soviet Union. On Sunday, two senior Russian officers died after a gun and bomb attack on their convoy. Russian security officials have predicted a rise in rebel attacks in Chechnya after Russia's military incursion into neighbouring Georgia, to crush Tbilisi's attempt to retake its breakaway province of South Ossetia.
