Jamestown Foundation/Chechnya Weekly: Volume VIII, Issue 47 (December 6, 2007)
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posted by FerrasB on December, 2007 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24 (Original Message) Sent: 12/7/2007 6:52 AM Chechnya Weekly- Volume VIII, Issue 47 December 6, 2007 IN THIS ISSUE: * Kadyrov Delivers the Vote… * ...As Do the Authorities in Ingushetia and Dagestan * Policemen Targeted in Kabardino-Balkaria * Briefs * Peacekeepers or Provocateurs? Kremlin-Backed Chechen Troops Raise Tensions in Abkhazia and South Ossetia By Andrew McGregor * Is the Caucasian Emirate Threat a Threat to the Western World? By Andrei Smirnov ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kadyrov Delivers the Vote… The results of the December 2 elections for the State Duma, in which the pro-Kremlin United Russia party received more than 64 percent of the vote nationwide in a contest that Russia’s opposition and foreign observers claim was neither free nor fair, were particularly suspect in the North Caucasus. Russia’s Central Election Commission (TsIK) reported that 99.21 percent of Chechnya’s eligible turned out to vote and that, of these, 99.36 percent voted for United Russia, whose ticket was headed by Vladimir Putin. Kavkazky Uzel reported ... >> full
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Prague Watchdog: Head Of Grozny Petroleum Institute Reinstated & Dismissed Again
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/7/2007 4:54 AM December 5th 2007 · Prague Watchdog / Umalt Chadayev Head of Grozny Petroleum Institute reinstated and dismissed again Head of Grozny Petroleum Institute reinstated and dismissed again By Umalt Chadayev CHECHNYA – Ibragim Kerimov, principal of the Grozny Petroleum Institute (GGNI), has again been dismissed from his post, after being reinstated by the authorities in Moscow. Prague Watchdog’s correspondent has learned from talking to students that the Institute’s vice-principal, Sharpuddin Zaurbekov, has been installed as its acting head. Ibragim Kerimov, who had filled the post for the past several years, was dismissed in the second half of November this year as part of the morality crackdown (“struggle for morality”) imposed by the republic’s government. Students say that the step was taken after President Ramzan Kadyrov, on a visit to the Institute a few weeks ago, saw that Kerimov’s secretary was not wearing a headscarf. "The ... >> full
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Interfax: Kadyrov Not Going To Become Member Of Russian State Duma
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/5/2007 12:17 PM
Dec 5 2007 3:15PM
Kadyrov not going to become member of Russian State Duma
GROZNY. Dec 5 (Interfax) - Ramzan Kadyrov is not going to leave his post as Chechen President over his election to the Russian State Duma.
"Indeed, I was number one on the United Russia regional list for the State Duma elections. Everyone knows the result. The people have unconditionally backed the course led by the country's and Chechen governments. Almost 100% of voters in Chechnya voted for United Russia. I take it not only as a result of the elections, but also as an answer to the question of confidence in us and as an assessment of the reforms occurring in Chechnya and the country," Kadyrov told Interfax on Wednesday.
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?menu=1&id_issue=11924051
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Moscow Times: Chechnya Boasts Turnout Of 99.5%
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/4/2007 8:16 AM Tuesday, December 4, 2007 Chechnya Boasts Turnout of 99.5% By Nikolaus von Twickel Staff Writer Chechnya and other North Caucasus republics reported nearly 100 percent voter turnout and a similarly high percentage of votes going to United Russia in the State Duma elections. One independent election observer described the results as "freakish," while the Kremlin and election officials explained that "special traditions" had motivated voters to turn out en masse. In Chechnya, 99.5 percent of voters went to the polls Sunday, said Ismail Baikhanov, the head of the republic's elections committee. "578,039 out of 580,918 registered voters took part in the elections," he said, Interfax reported. United Russia received 99.36 percent of the vote. This was the highest vote for United Russia in the country, where overall turnout was 63 percent, and about 64 percent of votes were cast for the party. Nationwide turnout was 56 percent in the last Duma ... >> full
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And Now Kadyrov Handles The Press Issue
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/1/2007 2:05 PM And now Kadyrov handles the press issue Caharkala - President Ramzan Kadyrov of the Russia's puppet government in Chechnya said that he would transfer high standards of press to Chechnya from Russia, a country that already has some notorious prestige in its handling of press freedom. What Kadyrov tends to describe as improvement of press quality differs largely from how journalists tend to perceive it. Journalists think that the new standards will rather be intended to restrict journalists in their freedom to choose subjects to cover. Kadyrov met with a group of journalists working in Chechnya on the News Day of November 26. Although he acknowledged that journalism was a kind of job with the same level of difficulty and danger as security forces, Kadyrov further said that the government would conduct a study on magazines as well as newspapers of Chechnya so ... >> full
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