From: MSN Nicknamesataney_b1 (Original Message) Sent: 12/28/2007 4:35 AM Russia jails troops over Chechnya
Russian troops at a checkpoint in Chechnya (file) Russia maintains a large military presence in Chechnya Two Russian interior ministry troops have been convicted of killing three civilians in Chechnya.
Lt Yevgeny Khudyakov and Lt Sergei Arakcheyev were given sentences of 17 and 15 years respectively over the deaths at a checkpoint in January 2003.
Few Russian troops have been convicted for offences in Chechnya. These sentences are among the longest given to Russian officers serving there.
Chechnya is now relatively stable after two major wars in the past 13 years.
Set alight
The court heard that the Khudyakov and Arakcheyev executed three Chechen construction workers at a checkpoint outside Grozny five years ago.
The civilians were ordered out of their vehicle and forced to lie on the ground before being shot.
Their bodies were then doused in petrol and set alight.
Khudyakov and Arakcheyev both denied the ... >>full
From: MSN Nicknamestorsjoe (Original Message) Sent: 12/30/2007 8:15 AM
Chechen pilgrims die In the Turkish port of Trabzon
According to sources from Turkey, more than 500 Muslim pilgrims from various Velayats (parts) of Caucasus Emirate - Nohchiycho (Chechnya), Ghalghaycho (Ingushetia) and Dagestan have accumulated in the Turkish port of Trabzon.
The pilgrims were returning from Mecca after undertaking Hajj, the Moslem pilgrimage to Mecca. The occupying Russian authorities should ensure a ferry to transport the people to Caucasus, to the port of Novorossiysk, but the ferry did not arrive.
According to sources, a great number of pilgrims, among the elderly and women, are sick. Among the pilgrims 80% have catarrhal and pulmonary diseases. This information is confirmed the Turkish authorities.
One Chechen pilgrim has already died and some other are close to die.
One person named Oleg from the Russian consulate arrived at Trabzon to meet the pilgrims. The representative refused to tell his full name.
20/12/2007 HRC "Memorial": civilians taken hostages of special operation in the capital of Chechnya
The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" informs that during special operation in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, people found themselves in the role of hostages in the situation, when an intensive skirmish burst out between the parties.
We remind you that a special operation was held at night of December 16 in the Leninskiy District of Grozny, during which a combat collision took place.
The document of the HRC "Memorial" runs that the clash had lasted for the whole night with rare 15-20 minute breaks. All this time, the life and health of people, including women and children, was in danger.
On December 18, many victims from House No. 21 in Kirova Avenue filed their applications to the HRC "Memorial" with an appeal to draw attention of the authorities to ... >>full
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/22/2007 6:03 AM December 22, 2007
About the self-evident
SIA CHECHENPRESS, Official information section, December 22, 2007
The Decree number 1-B of the ChRI Parliament describes the proclamation of the ‘Emirate’ by the former President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeriya Dokka Umarov as ‘a self withdrawal from the execution of presidential duties’. One could try and guess why this self-evident ‘gravest crime’ (article 2.2 of the ChRI Constitution) is called ‘a self-withdrawal’. I do not purport to impinge on the exclusive right of the Chechen Members of Parliament to interpret the laws of the Chechen Republic (article 64.14). I shall simply put forward my impressions.
One does not have to be an expert in law in order to see that Dokka Umarov’s statement about the proclamation of the ‘Emirate’ is a violation of article 1.3 of the Constitution. According to this article, “State sovereignty and independence of the ... >>full
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/27/2007 6:20 AM Chechens flee their country
Moscow/Agency Caucasus - Ruslan Kutayev, President of the International Committee on Problems in North Caucasus , said that a large of number of Chechens tend to flee their country.
Kutayev said that Chechens are constantly seeking ways to be in Europe at all costs. According to him, a total of 15,000 Chechens left their country over the past six months. Of them, 5,000 alone fled over the last month.
Kutayev thinks that Chechens are leaving their country because there is no good prospect that Chechens have left for a good life in the country. "Most of the Chechens who left are young people who see no good prospects of themselves having a nice future in under the occupying administration of dictator Ramzan Kaydrov" said Kutayev. Kutayev declined to comment on how the figures were collected. Kutayev was the former ... >>full
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