NOVEMBER 2006

From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24  (Original Message)    Sent: 11/22/2006 6:24 PM
Chechnya Weekly
November 22, 2006—Volume VII, Issue 45

IN THIS ISSUE:
* Movladi Maisarov Killed in Moscow
* Were Baisarov and Politkovskaya on the Same Hit List?
* Scandal Around Litvinenko’s Poisoning Mushrooms
* Kabardino-Balkaria Rebels Vow to Continue Attacks
By Andrei Smirnov
* The New Face and the New Policies of the Kadyrov Regime
By Mayrbek Vachagaev

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MOVLADI BAISAROV KILLED IN MOSCOW

At first glance, Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov’s position in the republic’s hierarchy was strengthened significantly on November 18, when one of his most vocal opponents, former Gorets special forces unit leader Movladi Baisarov, was shot and killed in Moscow. It is possible, however, that the audacious elimination of a political rival on the streets of the Russian capital will come back to haunt Kadyrov.

Baisarov fought on the side of the separatists in 1999 but in 2000, went over to the federal side along with Akhmad Kadyrov, who became head ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 11/25/2006 9:49 AM
November 24th 2006 · Prague Watchdog / Umalt Chadayev     
    
    
Compensation payments to Chechen citizens: problems still not solved


By Umalt Chadayev

CHECHNYA – On November 14, Sultan Isakov, a high-ranking official of the Chechen government’s Compensation Committee, was detained on suspicion of extorting a large bribe, law enforcement representatives said.

Two days after this, in an interview for the Interfax news agency, Yuri Rosinsky, head of the FSB’s press service in the Chechen Republic, announced that FSB officials and the Chechen prosecutor’s office had implemented "a package of measures for the struggle against corruption in the institutions of authority and control."

"Within the framework of these measures we have detained an organized criminal group which was extorting money that had been paid to Chechen residents as compensation for lost housing and property,” he said. "One of the group’s members, Emidin Khamatkhanov, was arrested ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 11/27/2006 5:54 AM
Drunk driver collides with Chechen president's motorcade
27/11/2006 - 09:12:16

A drunken driver collided with a motorcade carrying Chechen President Alu Alkhanov as he returned to Chechnya, killing an escorting security officer and critically injuring four others, law enforcement officials said today.

Alkhanov was unhurt in the incident, which took place in the neighbouring region of Ingushetia this morning, the Ingush Interior Ministry said. The driver of the car was also taken to hospital.

Preliminary reports showed the driver was drunk when his car crossed into the incoming lane near the Ingush capital Nazran and collided with three cars in Alkhanov’s motorcade. One of Alkhanov’s security officer was killed and four others were taken to hospital, the ministry said.

The ministry said a preliminary investigation indicated that the collision was accidental.

Last November, Chechnya’s then-prime minister, Sergei Abramov, was seriously injured when a truck collided with his car ...
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