Chechen Villagers Plan Protest Against Police Brutality

Ruslan Kutayev (file photo)

Chechen leader accuses Georgia of supporting terrorism again

14.11.10 17:09

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov accuses Georgia of supporting terrorism again. He told media on Sunday that a search is underway in Chechnya for a militant with a  Georgian passport.

Kadyrov said the militanst has been accused militant has been linked to several crimes, including murder.  

He also said wanted  criminal was  born in Georgia and is  a 
citizen of that  country. He also speaks the Chechen  language and
entered Russia through a third country.

"This  circumstance  worries  us.  We  are  worried  that  people threatening peaceful civilians continue  infiltrating the region from  a neighboring state. It is not for me to say whether this is the result of the official policy of Tbilisi but facts cannot be overlooked," he said. 

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Ramzan Kadyrov’s Regime is Unable to Cope with Sagging Chechen Economy

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov.

On November 4, mass protests occurred in Chechnya. Workers with the state construction firm Spetsstroi stayed off the job after not having been paid for four months, and went back to work only after they were promised that they would soon receive their back pay. According to an anonymous employee, the management of Spetsstroi was taking advantage of workers because there are practically no jobs available in Chechnya and the managers knew the workers would not quit their jobs (www.kavkaz-uzel.ru, November 4).

Thus, even under the fearsome rule of Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechens staged a muted protest action when the socio-economic well being of the people was in question. The event probably was indicative of Chechnya’s poor economic performance, which official Russian statistics do not capture. Kadyrov was credited even by ...