DER SPIEGEL: A Normal Day Of Death In Grozny
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posted by FerrasB on November, 2005 as CHECHNYA
THE CAUCASUS BATTLEFIELD A Normal Day of Death in Grozny October 27, 2005 By Walter Mayr Grozny used to be the pearl of the northern Caucasus. Now, it is little more than crumbling apartment buildings amid fields of rubble. Death is a daily occurance in the city and Islamism is rife. But the main problem may be the province's Putin-appointed governor. type=text/javascript> </SCRIPT> A Russian soldier patrols Grozny in 2003. Zoom DPA A Russian soldier patrols Grozny in 2003. Nalchik and Grozny are 205 kilometers (127 miles) apart on the highway that leads to the Caspian Sea and passes through Northern Ossetia. The ruins of School Number 1 in Beslan, the most recent testament to the human cost of the conflict in southern Russia, stand before a panoramic view of Mt. Kazbek, whose cliffs gave rise to the myth of Prometheus. Alexander Pushkin once wrote that, in the Caucasus, "homicide is nothing but a gesture." Hardly a village and not a ... >> full
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Pro-Moscow Officials Set To Rock Chechnya
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
A Russian armored personnel carrier (APC) in the Chechen capital Grozny / Photo: AFP A Russian armored personnel carrier (APC) in the Chechen capital Grozny / Photo: AFP Pro-Moscow Officials Set to Rock Chechnya Created: 07.11.2005 11:40 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 11:40 MSK > document.write(get_ago(1131352835)); </SCRIPT> MosNews Preparations for the first ever major rock festival in the North Caucasus, initially scheduled for July 5 but cancelled due to security fears, are nearing completion. The event called Phoenix: Resurrection of Life is due to take place in Chechnya’s second city of Gudermes on Tuesday. “This is a landmark event for our republic. Not just music lovers but all sensible people, who realize that life is really returning to Chechnya in full if the time has come to stage a festival such as this, are looking forward to it,” Sergey Abramov, prime minister of the embattled republic and the head of the music festival’s organization committee was quoted ... >> full
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Chechnya Weekly- Volume VI, Issue 41
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
Chechnya Weekly November 3, 2005 – Volume VI, Issue 41 IN THIS ISSUE: * Putin: Caucasus rebels are "beasts" * "Disappearances" in Chechnya on the rise * Beslan and Dubrovka victims' relatives join forces * Former Nalchik detainee charges torture * Where is Basaev? * Briefs * Chechnya's Parliamentary Elections: Public Relations Trump Democracy By Andrei Smirnov -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUTIN: CAUCASUS REBELS ARE "BEASTS" During a televised joint press conference with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende in The Hague on November 2, President Vladimir Putin likened Russia's problems in Chechnya to attacks by Islamic militants in Europe, such as the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a Dutch-Moroccan a year ago. "It was a terrible event [that] is of course a sign of a much broader problem called international terrorism," Reuters quoted Putin as saying. "We are fighting very cruel people—beasts in the guise of human beings who do not and do not want to understand in what time and world ... >> full
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DER SPIEGEL: A Normal Day Of Death In Grozny
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
THE CAUCASUS BATTLEFIELD A Normal Day of Death in Grozny October 27, 2005 By Walter Mayr Grozny used to be the pearl of the northern Caucasus. Now, it is little more than crumbling apartment buildings amid fields of rubble. Death is a daily occurance in the city and Islamism is rife. But the main problem may be the province's Putin-appointed governor. type=text/javascript> </SCRIPT> A Russian soldier patrols Grozny in 2003. Zoom DPA A Russian soldier patrols Grozny in 2003. Nalchik and Grozny are 205 kilometers (127 miles) apart on the highway that leads to the Caspian Sea and passes through Northern Ossetia. The ruins of School Number 1 in Beslan, the most recent testament to the human cost of the conflict in southern Russia, stand before a panoramic view of Mt. Kazbek, whose cliffs gave rise to the myth of Prometheus. Alexander Pushkin once wrote that, in the Caucasus, "homicide is nothing but a gesture." Hardly a village and not a ... >> full
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Pro-Moscow Officials Set To Rock Chechnya
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
A Russian armored personnel carrier (APC) in the Chechen capital Grozny / Photo: AFP A Russian armored personnel carrier (APC) in the Chechen capital Grozny / Photo: AFP Pro-Moscow Officials Set to Rock Chechnya Created: 07.11.2005 11:40 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 11:40 MSK > document.write(get_ago(1131352835)); </SCRIPT> MosNews Preparations for the first ever major rock festival in the North Caucasus, initially scheduled for July 5 but cancelled due to security fears, are nearing completion. The event called Phoenix: Resurrection of Life is due to take place in Chechnya’s second city of Gudermes on Tuesday. “This is a landmark event for our republic. Not just music lovers but all sensible people, who realize that life is really returning to Chechnya in full if the time has come to stage a festival such as this, are looking forward to it,” Sergey Abramov, prime minister of the embattled republic and the head of the music festival’s organization committee was quoted ... >> full
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