OCTOBER 2007

From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 10/7/2007 6:23 AM
CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS

1/10/2007
Less kidnappings registered in Chechnya

General Arkadiy Edelev, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, has stated in Grozny that the number of crimes connected with kidnappings has dropped fivefold in Chechnya. Earlier, the employees of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" have also stated the reduction of this sort of crimes.

Speaking about the armed underground in Chechnya, Mr Deputy Minister has told that the leader of separatists Doku Umarov "and his foreign patrons are trying to exaggerate the number of their bandit groupings." However, in Arkadiy Edelev's words, we should be able to speak about the complete defeat of armed formations in the Republic only in the event that Chechnya "would have no alternative rulers like Umarov."

On September 28, the Human Rights Centre "Memorial" has disseminated its latest report that states that now there are much fewer kidnappings in ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 10/7/2007 6:39 AM
CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS

3/10/2007
The European Court will rule in two cases concerning civilian killings in Staropromyslovski district of Grozny

On 4 October 2007, the European Court of Human Rights will rule in two cases concerning attacks on civilians in Grozny, the Chechen capital, by Russian Federal forces, in January 2000. The applicants allege they were shot by Russian servicemen. They are represented before the Court by the London-based European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) and the Russian NGO, Memorial.

On 19 January 2000, Yelena Goncharuk was wounded in the leg whilst running to shelter from shelling. Military servicemen then threw tear-gas grenades into the cellar where she and others had found shelter, saying they had orders to kill everyone. On leaving the cellar she was shot and lost consciousness. Those sheltering with her were all shot dead. She escaped the following day to Ingushetia, ...
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From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24  (Original Message)    Sent: 10/4/2007 12:43 PM
Chechnya Weekly - Volume VIII, Issue 38
October 4, 2007

IN THIS ISSUE:
* Twelve Die in Dagestan Violence
* Rights Activist Says FSB Controls Ingushetia’s Law-Enforcement Agencies
* Chechen Parliamentary Speaker Declares “Counter-Terrorist Operation” Completed
* Briefs
* The Kremlin Intensifies Reprisals against Muslims in the North Caucasus
By Andrei Smirnov
* Understanding the Roots of the Conflict in Ingushetia
By Fatima Tlisova

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Twelve Die in Dagestan Violence

Two police officers were killed in the town of Dagestanskiye Ogni in southern Dagestan, RIA Novosti reported on October 3. “A criminal fired from an assault rifle at a Lada car parked outside of the town’s interior department in Ulitsa Lenina on October 2,” a source in Dagestan’s Interior Ministry told the news agency. “A district police officer and an officer from the interior department’s convoy directorate were in the car at the time.” The district policeman reportedly died on the spot and the convoy ...
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