JANUARY 2008

From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 1/13/2008 12:10 PM
January 12th 2008 · Prague Watchdog     
    
    
The Month in Brief - December 2007

December 2

According to final results released by Chechnya's electoral commission, 99.5% of eligible voters took part in the federal parliamentary elections in Chechnya, with the Kremlin's United Russia party getting 99.36% of the vote. The government-sponsored amendments to the Constitution of the Chechen Republic were approved by 96.88% of participants in the parallel referendum. Chechnya's MPs in the Russian State Duma will include first vice-premier Adam Delimkhanov, Constitutional Court chairman Magomed Vakhayev, the republic's parliamentary deputy Alid Yakhikhadzhiyev and State Duma deputy Akhmar Zavgayev.

According to final results released by Ingushetia's electoral commission, voter turnout reached 98.35% in Ingushetia, and the Kremlin's United Russia party received 98.72% of the votes. The opposition website Ingushetiya.ru reported a turnout of 8%.

December 3

Observers from the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE and ...
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From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24  (Original Message)    Sent: 1/11/2008 7:16 AM
Chechnya Weekly- January 10, 2008- Volume IX, Issue 1
January 10,  
 
IN THIS ISSUE:
* Kadyrov Threatens to Close TV Stations that Fail to Propagate Islam
* Chernokozovo Prison Inmates Allege Beatings and Torture
* Growing Number of Chechens Reportedly Seek Refuge in Europe
* Rival Rebel Groups Exchange Accusations, Issue Decrees
* Briefs
* Russian Forces Face Serious Problems Hunting Rebels in Dagestan’s Mountains
By Andrei Smirnov
---------------------------------------------------------------------Kadyrov Threatens to Close TV Stations that Fail to Propagate Islam
During a meeting on January 9 with district administration heads, district and city imams and television company chiefs, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov threatened to close local television stations that do not devote time to explaining the foundations of Islam in order to prevent young people from falling under the sway of propaganda by “Wahhabis, Taliban and other religious sects,” Newsru.com reported on January 10, citing the Chechen government’s website.
Kadyrov called on the ...
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From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24  (Original Message)    Sent: 1/11/2008 7:16 AM
BBC

A Polish border tragedy

* Mark Mardell
* 9 Jan 08

Another year, another border.

Camera-van on the Polish border

I am out in south-east Poland with the border guards.

Their camera-van sits in a snowy field surrounded by hayricks, scanning
for anyone trying to cross the border illegally.

With such a long border it seems an almost hopeless task and the amount
of money spent here just doesn't compare with the cash pumped into the
Slovak border which I visited at the end of last year .

More of that side of the story in my report for the Ten O'Clock News,
which I hope will go out on Friday.

Just a few miles away, the forest is like a scene from a Christmas card:
tall fir trees are decorated with a scattering of snow on their branches.

It's very beautiful. But this is treacherous country.

The last people the border guards caught, just before the holiday, ...
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From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24  (Original Message)    Sent: 1/11/2008 7:22 AM
DRESS CODE FOR CHECHEN WOMEN

Morality drive focuses on low-cut clothing and other signs of behaviour seen as un-traditional and therefore inappropriate.

By Artur Israilov in Grozny

The authorities in Chechnya are engaged in a drive to revive and institutionalise Chechen national values, but some argue they are going about it the wrong way, with instructions issued from on high telling women what they should and shouldn't wear.

Outside the entrance to the Youth Chamber in the Chechen capital Grozny hangs a new sign saying, "Women without headgear not allowed in the building".

Similar signs have appeared outside many other government buildings.

The Press House got its signpost with similar wording last month, but changed it a week later for a slightly politer one saying, "Women are respectfully asked to observe national dress traditions".

Either way, though, the rules are being strictly enforced - the security guards refuse to ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 1/8/2008 9:50 AM
January 7, 2008

The ChRI Parliament has confirmed in office the ChRI Foreign Representatives

SIA CHECHENPRESS, December 22, 2007


 


The Main Information Agency of the Chechenpress has received the new resolutions of the ChRI Parliament confirming in office the Foreign Representatives of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeriya

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The ChRI Parliamentary Resolution number 14-B

In the name of Allah, Gracious and Merciful!

Invoking paragraph 5 of article 64 of the ChRI Constitution, the ChRI Parliament decrees:
1. To confirm in office Said Askhabov as the ChRI General Representative in Muslim countries.
2. The resolution enters into force upon signature.

The ChRI Parliamentary Chairman Zh.Saralyapov
21 December 2007
 
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The ChRI Parliamentary Resolution number 15-B

In the name of Allah, Gracious and Merciful!

Invoking paragraph 5 of article 64 of the ChRI Constitution, the ChRI Parliament decrees:
1. To confirm in office Salambek Dakhaev as the ChRI Representative in France. 2. The resolution enters into force upon signature. ...
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