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posted by FerrasB on February, 2008 as CHECHNYA
rom: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/30/2008 12:04 AM Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Chechnya: Where The Dollar Is Still King By Claire Bigg, Akhmed Sultanov, and Amina Umarova Russia -- Chechnya; elderly Chechen refugee w/ grandchild and U.S. dollars approaches Ingush-Chechen checkpoint Jan2000 A Chechen refugee holds a stack of dollars as he and his grandson approach a republican checkpoint (file photo) (AFP) A man stands in a corner of a bustling market in Grozny, Chechnya's capital city. He is holding a thick wad of banknotes and waves them slowly, like a fan. Another man approaches him. "What's the rate for dollars?" he asks. The man waving the cash gives him exchange rates for the dollar and for the euro, which these days has been faring better than its U.S. counterpart. A dollar will buy 24.50 rubles, he says; a euro, 36. "Has it dropped?" the would-be customer asks, surprised by the dollar's poor performance. "Its rate fell worldwide," ... >> full
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Jamestown Foundation/Chechnya Weekly: Volume IX, Issue 4
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24 (Original Message) Sent: 2/1/2008 7:48 AM Chechnya Weekly - Volume IX, Issue 4 January 31, 2008 IN THIS ISSUE: * Ingush Authorities Put Website Owner on Wanted List * Police and Protesters Clash Again in Nazran * Nazran Designated a "Counter-Terrorist Operation Zone" * Russian Forces "Accidentally" Shell Chechen Village * Briefs * The War of Words between Zakaev and Umarov By Mairbek Vatchagaev * Karachaevo-Cherkessiaia: A Small War with Big Repercussions By Fatima Tlisova --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ingush Authorities Put Website Owner on Wanted List On January 30, just four days after heavily-armed police in Ingushetia clashed with demonstrators attempting to hold a protest demonstration in Nazran against Murat Zyazikov, the republic's president (see below), one of the protest's organizers, Magomed Yevloev, founder and owner of the independent Ingushetiya.ru website, confirmed that the Ingush authorities are seeking to arrest him. "Zyazikov wants to isolate me and thinks that by isolating me he will be able to close the Ingushetiya.ru site and end ... >> full
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Calendar Of Events - February 2008
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 2/3/2008 10:33 AM February 1st 2008 · Prague Watchdog Calendar of Events - February 2008 This schedule of major events related to the conflict in Chechnya is continuously updated. Announcements for planned or expected events or any other suggestions are most welcome (e-mail: mail at watchdog.cz). February 5 Chechnya Date by which Chechen district and city administration heads must determine the exact borders of their districts and cities, by order of the republic's government. More. February 8 Moscow (Russia) Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will visit Moscow. Februay 12 Russia Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko will visit Russia. February 14 Freiburg (Germany) Was vom Leben bleibt - Frauen in der kaukasischen Zone Tschetschenien, Inguschetien (What remains of life - women in the Caucasian zone of Chechnya and Ingushetia). Radio documentary (2007) by freelance journalist and author Gisela Erbslöh, who will present the feature and lead a public discussion ... >> full
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The ChRI Government Press Service
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/24/2008 12:59 AM January 23, 2008 The ChRI Government Press Service CHCHENPRESS, The Official Information Section, January 19, 2008 On 17-18 January the ChRI Cabinet of Ministers’ Chairman Akhmed Zakaev met in London with the representatives of the action group comprised of a number of Euro MPs and representatives of international NGOs to create an ‘Association of European MPs in support of the Chechen people’s right to self-determination’. During the meeting they discussed the human rights situation in Chechnya and the crimes perpetrated by the Russian military against the civilian population of the republic. Akhmed Zakaev drew the attention of the participants to the fact that as a result of the infamous discriminatory policy of forcing the largest possible number of indigenous people out of Chechnya, there has been a steadily growing stream of Chechen refugees fleeing to Europe year after year. A. Zakaev also stressed that the ... >> full
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Prague Watchdog: Education In Chechnya Disrupted
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/25/2008 3:19 PM January 22nd 2008 · Prague Watchdog / Umalt Chadayev Education in Chechnya disrupted By Umalt Chadayev CHECHNYA – The present winter in Chechnya has probably been one of the coldest in the past few years. In many schools classes have been cut by almost half because of the cold weather. "To describe what is happening in our schools today, I can use only one word – disaster," Grozny resident Seda Karimova, 44, told Prague Watchdog’s correspondent. "There is practically no teaching going on in the schools at all. In September the classes at secondary school № 44 (in Grozny’s Staropromyslovsky district), which my daughter attends, began over two weeks late. Later, because of the December State Duma elections, the classes were cancelled for almost the same amount of time." "Now one lesson lasts only 20 minutes. It’s because the classrooms are horribly cold, ... >> full
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