From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/7/2006 3:39 AM
Source: Prague Watchdog
Date: 05 Mar 2006 Chechnya: The week in brief: 27 Feb - 5 Mar 2006 February 27 - Magomed Chakhkiyev, Ingush MP and father-in-law of Ingushetiya's President Murat Zyazikov, was kidnapped from his car by unknown armed men in Nazran.
February 28 - Alu Alkhanov, the Moscow-backed Chechen President, received a letter of resignation from Chechen Premier Sergei Abramov, who has been recovering from the wounds he sustained in a car accident in Moscow in November 2005.
February 28 - Danish Refugee Council (DRC) will soon resume its humanitarian operations in Chechnya, said Per Ilsaas, DRC's country director for Russia. DRC had to stop its Chechnya operations three weeks ago following a ban by the Moscow-backed Chechen officials.
March 2 - Vakhid Murdashev, one of the aides of Aslan Maskhadov who were detained during the operation against the President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria on March 8, 2005, was moved by unknown people from Chernokozovo to another prison, stated Murdashev's defence lawyer, adding that it took place shortly after Murdashev talked with Council of Europe Commissioner Alvaro-Gil Robles during his February 25 visit to the prison.
March 3 - The third round of EU-Russia human rights consultations took place in Vienna.
March 3 - The Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (ORChD) was notified of the termination of the criminal case on their alleged tax evasion. ORChD and human rights defenders had considered the accusation as part of pressure on one of the few independent Russian sources of information on Chechnya.
March 4 - Ramzan Kadyrov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Moscow-backed Chechen government, became Prime Minister after the local parliament unanimously voted on his nomination as Premier and then the Moscow-backed President Alu Alkhanov signed a relevant decree.
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