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posted by FerrasB on January, 2008 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN Nicknamestorsjoe (Original Message) Sent: 1/16/2008 10:51 PM Freedom House published yesterday the traditional "Freedom in the World 2008 Survey". Below two excerpts from the survey. WORST OF THE WORST: "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 ... >> full
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THE DAILY TRIUMPH: The Unsung Struggle
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/15/2008 6:12 AM Chechnya: The unsung struggle By Garba A. Isa Russian forces under the late president Boris Yelsin launched a massive invasion of the breakaway region of Chechnya on December 10, 1994. The Russian invasion was meant to make the weak Chechens into surrender “within hours or days.” But Russian’s over 40,000 soldiers who were bolstered by troops from its North Sea fleet and from its territory of Kalingrand, were later to be bogged down into a long drawn war. The battle for control of the Chechen capital Grozny. For instance, it took the Russian forces several weeks pinned down in ground, air and artillery assaults particularly at the presidential palace from which the Chechen resistance withdrew only after it was reduced to rubbles! Today 13 years after the Russian invasion, a puppet regime is installed in the capital Grozny with control of the major towns while the ... >> full
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Exclusive Interview With Former Chechen President Sadulaev
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/14/2008 1:19 AM January 14, 2008 Exclusive interview with former Chechen President Sadulaev "Jamestown Foundation Chechnya weekly", Volume 7, Issue 27 (July 06, 2006) This week's issue of Chechnya Weekly contains an exclusive interview with Abdul-Khalim Sadulaev which was obtained by The Jamestown Foundation through its sources in Chechnya before he was killed in Argun on June 17, making this his last known interview with a Western organization. The rebel leader's answers were videotaped and submitted to The Jamestown Foundation. The Russian-language video file of the interview can be downloaded at the following URL: http://www.jamestown.org/docs/sadulaev6july06.avi The following are the answers of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI) President Abdul-Khalim Sadulaev to questions posed by The Jamestown Foundation: (He recites prayers) We greet all our friends, all people who worry about the freedom and independence of the Chechen people, all of those who objectively and correctly see the picture in our republic [and] around ... >> full
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"I Magazine": Borzesh Nakh
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/14/2008 6:32 AM A friend sent the following article that was published in "I Magazine" in its issue dated Nov/Dec 2007, which gives an idea about the real devotion towards homeland, with all consequences of Russian imperialism sensed and felt by the courageous Chechen Nation: Eagle 14-January-2007 Borzesh Nakh (The Nation Of Wolves) A hungry, lost wolf came across a mansion and saw a chained dog, the wolf asked: why are you chained? That’s the way it is, dog answered, I’m fed, taken care of and secured. Dazed, the wolf turned to the dog and said: I prefer to be free!! And he walked away. “That’s the way with us Chechens, even if it’s difficult, we are very satisfied with our lives…praise to God. If only for a day or a year, it is better die cockerel than a chicken”, Baysangur Chechen tribal chief. The Chechens are known amongst themselves as ... >> full
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Chechnya Is Suffering From A Lack Of Jobs
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/13/2008 12:08 PM January 13th 2008 · Prague Watchdog / Ruslan Isayev Chechnya is suffering from a lack of jobs By Ruslan Isayev Post-war Chechnya has one of the highest unemployment rates in Russia. Reported figures show that only every fifth Chechen is in work. The authorities, realizing that unemployment levels are directly related to the stability of the republic, make attempts to counter this negative factor. Chechnya is still an unattractive area for investment, and so far no well-known known domestic or foreign company has opened a business there that would help to significantly reduce the number of unemployed. Thus, having almost conquered separatism, the authorities are unable to reduce the lack of jobs. The two Chechen wars have completely altered the lifestyle of Chechens. Whereas earlier a young man’s life after leaving school was mapped out for twenty years ahead, few are now able ... >> full
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