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February 1st 2007 · Prague Watchdog      
    
    
Chechnya Calendar Of Events - February 2007

This schedule of major events related to the conflict in Chechnya is continuously updated. Announcements for planned or expected events or any other suggestions are most welcome (e-mail: mail at watchdog.cz).
February 1     Moscow (Russia)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will give a large press conference. The event will take place in the Kremlin at 12.00. More.
February 1     Moscow (Russia)
A news conference of the Eminent Jurists Panel on terrorism, counter-terrorism and human rights in Russia will take place in the Central House of the Journalist (Nikitsky Boulevard 8a) at 15.00. More.
February 7     France
Itchkéri Kenti : Les fils de l’Itchkérie (The Sons of Ichkeria), a film by Florent Marcie, will be on general release in French cinemas from February 7 2007. Filmed in secret in Chechnya, Itchkéri Kenti is the story of a brief moment of Chechen history during the winter of 1996, just after the Pervomaiskaya operation and up to the point when the village of Novo-Grozny was taken by the Russian army at the end of February that year. More.
February 11-13     Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit the Middle East. February 11-12: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. February 12: The State of Qatar. February 12-13: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. More.
February 13     Paris (France)
The ad-hoc sub-committee on the organisation of the so called "Round Table" on the political situation in the Chechen Republic will hold a session.
mid-February     Grozny (Chechnya)
The reopening of Grozny airport will take place in mid-February, while regular civilian flights will resume in mid-March, according to a reported official statement by Chechen deputy prime minister Khuseyn Dzhabrailov. More.
February 23     The Deportation Day
The 63rd anniversary of Stalin-era deportations of 650,000 Chechens and Ingushes to Soviet Central Asia and Siberia in 1944. Commemoration and anti-war protest events will take place in various parts of the world. Further info at http://www.worldchechnyaday.org.
Compiled by Prague Watchdog.
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