Agency Caucasus: Kadyrov Amends His Constitution
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posted by FerrasB on December, 2007 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/10/2007 3:47 AM Kadyrov amends his constitution Caharkala/Agency Caucasus - Russia's puppet administration of Chechnya revised its constitution in a referendum held in parallel with December 2 elections of Duma. The constitution first took effect in March 2003 when the then administration was guided by the Kremlin to hold a 'bogus' referendum. Today's administration, led by Ramzan Kadyrov, made over 50 changes to the constitution. The changes, once put in effect, will allow both the president and parliament deputies five-year terms of office, will convert the parliament into a single-wing organization while it is currently double-wing, and will reduce the number of deputies to 41 from 61. The changes will start to affect the parliamentary structure in the 2009 elections. Blinding turnout! The referendum results have the same effect as the frightening results of the Duma elections that became a subject of ridicule soon after it was claimed that the ... >> full
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Prague Watchdog: Third Youth Injured By Exploding Shell In Staraya Sunzha Dies i
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/9/2007 10:46 AM December 8th 2007 · Prague Watchdog / Ruslan Isayev Third youth injured by exploding shell in Staraya Sunzha dies in Grozny hospital By Ruslan Isayev CHECHNYA – One of the two high-school students who were injured by an exploding shell in Staraya Sunzha died in Grozny’s 9th hospital on Friday. The 16-year-old thus became the third youth to be killed in the blast, which occurred in a derelict house in Staraya Sunzha on the outskirts of Grozny on Thursday evening. A fourth youth is still in hospital with multiple injuries. Doctors are also concerned by his condition. Immediately after the powerful explosion, which shook nearby multi-storey dwellings, law enforcement personnel began to arrive in Staraya Sunzha, including explosives experts and police investigators. According to one report, the youths were attempting to dismantle an artillery shell in order to remove the explosive charge from ... >> full
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Mikael Storsjö/KC: Forgery: Who Elected Prime Minister Of “Euro-Ichkeria
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/5/2007 12:14 PM Forgery: Who elected Prime Minister of “Euro-Ichkeria Publication time: Today at 11:23 Djokhar time The chosen method of "telephone voting" in order to find a Prime Minister of "Euro-Ichkeria" is not the only odd thing. The chairman Saralyapov seems to have forgotten who are the deputies of the Parliament. The step between theory and practice in democracy seems to be very high; thus the concept of democracy is left to statements only. Zakaev has publicly announced that there are 41 deputies, and 21 are living in Europe. Among these 21 deputies there was arranged a "telephone voting" that chose Zakaev among three candidates. This is a modification of the truth, if we want to use a polite expression instead of calling it a simple lie. In fact, there were 41 deputies of Parliament in the first election of Parliament in 1991. But in the election 1997 there ... >> full
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CHECHNYA: KADYROV TO RULE FOR YEARS
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24 (Original Message) Sent: 12/6/2007 11:42 AM CHECHNYA: KADYROV TO RULE FOR YEARS Constitutional referendum grants Chechen leader right to be president in perpetuity. By Kazbek Tsurayev in Grozny Parliamentary elections in Chechnya at the weekend not only delivered the highest vote in the country for the pro-Kremlin United Russia party on behalf of local president, Ramzan Kadyrov, but also lifted restrictions on the president of the republic serving more than two terms. The results of the December 2 poll in Chechnya were improbable, with the United Russia party - led nationally by President Vladimir Putin and locally by Kadyrov - recording a 99.36 share of the vote, or 574,101 votes in a total electorate of 580, 918 people. The turnout was also stated to be more than 99 per cent. There was no possibility to verify these figures objectively as virtually the only poll observers were from United Russia itself. ... >> full
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RFE/RL: Kadyrov Uses 'Folk Islam' For Political Gain
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/6/2007 11:41 PM Thursday, December 6, 2007 Kadyrov Uses 'Folk Islam' For Political Gain By Liz Fuller and Aslan Doukaev Russia -- Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov at a midday prayer in Yaroslavl’s mosque, 16May2007 Ramzan Kadyrov prays at a mosque in the western Russian city of Yaroslavl (ITAR-TASS) December 6, 2007 -- Since his appointment as pro-Moscow Chechen Republic head in early March 2007, Ramzan Kadyrov has energetically promulgated a revival of Chechen popular or "folk" Islam. Some observers see that campaign as a bid to pit the Chechen strain of Sufism against the Salafi Islam espoused by the North Caucasus resistance. The Russian authorities routinely denigrate Salafi Islam as "Wahhabism," a term that is routinely applied to any Muslims whose political loyalties are considered suspect. A closer analysis, however, suggests that the term "Sufism," like “Wahhabism,” is being used in this context as a political marker rather than a doctrinal one. ... >> full
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