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posted by zaina19 on November, 2007 as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/12/2007 5:08 AM November 12, 2007 The bastards SIA CHECHENPRESS, November 12, 2007 How congenial! – this is what the bastard son of a Turkish subject, the infamous Ostap Bender, would have said had he heard the recent news reports by Radio Liberty and looked through a number of Chechen websites. Yulia Latynina was a genius herself when she called Chechnya ‘Putin’s most successful project’. Subh’analla! How right she was! Everyone, even the goats, knew about the planned raid on Dagestan in the summer of 1999. I even remember that the date had been moved two weeks and there was a heated discussion in the Central market of the reason for the change, with people trying to guess when they would start bombing Grozny. The only ones silent were the government and the parliament of Ichkeriya. They never made the required statements and delivered their people to the next war. The attackers were booted out of Dagestan and with the successful conclusion of the first stage in ... >> full
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Vatchagaev: Umarov first wanted to test the waters
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/12/2007 6:11 AM Vatchagaev: Umarov first wanted to test the waters By Medvudi Baychora Paris/Agency Caucasus - Mairbek Vatchagaev, a PhD candidate in Social Sciences at the University of Paris, views the declaration of North Caucasus Emirate, which was published with reference to Dokku Umarov, the resistance leader, as an attempt to test the waters. Vatchagayev has conducted several studies on North Caucasian religious communities. He was interviewed by Medvudi Baychora as someone who is reporting for Agency Caucasus. According to Vatchagaev, Umarov regards himself as someone who is following the path of Kunta Hadji while he is surrounded by radical Islamists who are trying hard to transform the Chechen resistance from a 'national' movement into a 'religious' one. What would your comments be on Umarov's statement? Is this solely a change in the tactics? Or is it a sign of complete transformation on the part of Chechen Resistance? I don't believe that Umarov will entirely hold on to his statement ... >> full
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PUTIN, POST-MARCH 2008: DE FACTO “NATIONAL LEADER,” OR BACK IN THE KREMLIN?
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/13/2007 4:49 AM PUTIN, POST-MARCH 2008: DE FACTO “NATIONAL LEADER,” OR BACK IN THE KREMLIN? By Jonas Bernstein Vedomosti on November 12 quoted State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov, head of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party, as saying that President Vladimir Putin will be presented with his official Central Election Commission (CEC) card identifying him as a candidate in the December 2 State Duma election at an event to be held later this month. “It has been carefully thought through and will be ceremonial,” the newspaper quoted Gryzlov as saying of the planned event. On October 1, Putin announced he would lead United Russia’s ticket for the State Duma election, adding that the possibility of him becoming prime minister was “entirely realistic” although it was “still too early to think about it.” On October 2, a United Russia congress nominated Putin as the only leader on the roster, abandoning the practice of having three candidates top the federal party list (RIA-Novosti, October 2). Kommersant ... >> full
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Islamic Pledge Splits Chechen Rebels
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/16/2007 11:02 AM 15-Nov-07 Islamic Pledge Splits Chechen Rebels Exiled parliamentarians say they are stripping militant leader of his powers after he proclaimed himself emir. By Umalt Dudayev in Grozny (CRS No. 419 15-Nov-07) A split has opened up in the scattered Chechen separatist leadership after rebel leader Dokka Umarov declared himself “Emir of the Caucasian front”, provoking a furious response from exiled Chechen politicians who say such Islamist rhetoric undermines their cause. On November 6, members of the “parliament of Ichkeria” – the name separatists give the unrecognised Chechen republic which functioned between 1996 and 1999 before the second Russian military intervention — issued a decree saying that Umarov had exceeded his powers and was being stripped of his office, and that all authority now devolved to the parliament until new elections are held. Six days later, a pro-Umarov website ran a video entitled “Of Heroes and Hypocrites” which mocked Ichkeria’s London-based “foreign minister” Akhmed Zakayev, who had denounced the creation of an emirate on ... >> full
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RFE/RL Poll: Russians Skeptical About Elections, Hopeful For Future
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posted by zaina19 on as ANALYSIS / OPINION
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 11/16/2007 11:20 AM Thursday, November 15, 2007 RFE/RL Poll: Russians Skeptical About Elections, Hopeful For Future By Brian Whitmore Russia -- Voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Kurgan during by-election to the local Duma, 11Mar2007 (file photo) (ITAR-TASS) November 15, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Russian voters are approaching upcoming parliamentary elections with a mixture of cynicism and hope. According to an RFE/RL poll, nearly two-thirds of voting-age Russians do not believe that December's elections to the State Duma will be conducted honestly. Even more striking is the fact that fewer than one in five believe that the results of the vote will reflect the true will of the electorate. So what will determine the results of an election that such an overwhelming majority believes will be fixed? Nearly half of the respondents said either President Vladimir Putin or his Kremlin administration will be the main factor in determining which parties win Duma seats on December 2. 'Preordained Victor' Vladimir Gelman, a political scientist at the European ... >> full
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