hechenews: Chechen troops turned to active fighting in several d
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posted by FerrasB on January, 2008 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN Nicknamesataney_b1 (Original Message) Sent: 1/19/2008 8:01 AM Chechen troops turned to active fighting in several districts of the ChRI Fierce fights between units of the Chechen military and Russian occupiers took place last week in four districts of the ChRI: Sharoi, Kurchaloi, Grozny and Vedeno. Of an especially large-scale character were the battles that broke out in the area of Marzoi-Mohk in the Vedeno district and in the village of Alleroi in the Kurchaloi district. The forces were led by the well-known Chechen commanders, the amirs of the Vedeno and Kurchaloi directions of the ChRI Armed Forces, Usman and Ayub Haladov. At least 20 Putinites and Kadyrovites were killed as a result of these battles, and a similar number was wounded. Before that, a mobile Chechen unit under the command of amir Surho attacked a motor vehicle convoy of the occupiers in the Grozny district, as a result of which two volunteer kontraktniki bandits suffered heavy injuries. On the same day, a ... >> full
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Freedom House: Chechnya 'Worst Of The Worst'
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/19/2008 5:49 PM Freedom House: Chechnya 'worst of the worst' Publication time: 17 January 2008, 10:12 "There are two worst rated territories: Tibet (under Chinese jurisdiction) and Chechnya, where an indigenous Islamic population is engaged in a brutal guerrilla war for independence from Russia." [Chechnya got the lowermost rating both in Political Rights and Civil Liberties.] THE RUSSIAN NEIGHBORHOOD: FROM BAD TO WORSE No event more vividly illustrates the problems faced by the non-Baltic countries of the former Soviet Union than Russia's parliamentary elections. In certain superficial ways, the Russian vote resembled elections in established democracies. Several parties put forward candidates for parliamentary seats, held rallies, and made promises to the electorate, and the press eagerly covered the pageantry surrounding the campaign. But as numerous independent monitoring organizations testified, the elections were an illusory spectacle, as parties and candidates who challenged the policies of President Vladimir Putin were eliminated ... >> full
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Russia's reach unnerves Chechens
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24 (Original Message) Sent: 1/18/2008 11:13 AM Russia's reach unnerves Chechens By Neil Arun BBC News, Pankisi Gorge, Georgia Ziauddin dreams often of a dark forest in Chechnya, shaded by sharp mountains, where he went hunting for bears. "Before the war, we shot them with rifles. After the war, we had machine guns," he laughs. "I found the Kalashnikov-762 especially effective." Seven years after he fled Chechnya, Ziauddin lives 60km (37 miles) from its frontier with Georgia, at the mouth of the Pankisi Gorge. A university graduate who filmed the Chechen rebels and fought alongside them, he says he misses his homeland but will only return if Russian troops leave it. Today, between him and his former hunting ground lies a militarised border, minefields, and the high Caucasus. But Chechnya was once much closer to Pankisi. Rebels would cross the border freely to flee from the Russians, regroup and re-arm. Unusually, their presence united Washington and Moscow in ... >> full
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Caucasian Knot: Chechnya: Tortures In Chernokozovo Not Confirmed
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/17/2008 10:47 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 15/1/2008 Chechnya: tortures in Chernokozovo not confirmed Representatives of the office of the Ombudsman in the Chechen Republic, who have visited Colony No. 2 located in the settlement of Chernokozovo, the Naur District of the Republic, found no confirmation of the data about tortures and beatings of the prisoners who are kept in this corrective establishment. One of the employees of the Ombudsman's office told in his conversation with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent: "My conversation with the inmates was open and confidential, everything was filmed, but I failed to find any confirmation of the information disseminated by Ruslan Kutaev. None of them complained of custody conditions or of application of unlawful pressure methods," the interlocutor asserts. "Moreover, I couldn't find any of the 124 persons who have allegedly signed the complaint lodged to Kutaev." "I don't think that tortures and torments are really applied ... >> full
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Jamestown Foundation/Chechnya Weekly: Volume
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From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24 (Original Message) Sent: 1/17/2008 3:50 PM Chechnya Weekly- Volume IX, Issue 2 January 17, 2008 IN THIS ISSUE: * Makhachkala in the New Year: Power Cuts and a Shootout * Memorial: Chechnya Rights Situation Improved, But Society Shows "Totalitarian" Signs * Alkhanov: 72 Rebels Killed in Chechnya Last Year * Briefs * 2007 Summed Up: Ichkeria Gets the Emirate By Mairbek Vatchagaev * Astemirov Strikes Back: Background and Implications of the Kyarov Assassination in Kabardino-Balkaria By Fatima Tlisova -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Makhachkala in the New Year: Power Cuts and a Shootout Police and security forces laid siege to an apartment on the outskirts of Dagestan's capital, Makhachkala, on January 13-14, killing three suspected militants, the Moscow Times reported on January 15. Deputy Makhachkala police chief Shamil Guseinov said a gun battle broke out late on January 13 after security forces surrounded and evacuated the five-story apartment building and suspected militants in a second-floor apartment refused to surrender. One police officer was wounded in ... >> full
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