Jamestown Foundation: CHECHNYA WEEKLY Volume 7, Issue 13
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posted by FerrasB on April, 2006 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/31/2006 3:34 AM CHECHNYA WEEKLY Volume 7, Issue 13 (March 30, 2006) INSIDE THIS ISSUE: WHAT MADE CHECHEN SCHOOLCHILDREN ILL? A KADYROV CULT EMERGES DOUBTS RAISED ABOUT LATEST REBEL “SURRENDER” CHECHEN AUTHORITIES DENY POLICE DEFECTIONS NEW KADYROVITE CRIMES REPORTED BRIEFS RADICAL UKRAINIAN NATIONALISM AND THE WAR IN CHECHNYA WHAT MADE CHECHEN SCHOOLCHILDREN ILL? Leonid Roshal, the Moscow pediatrician sought out by the Beslan hostage-takers as a negotiator and who was awarded by the Russian government for his assistance during the October 2002 Dubrovka theater hostage crisis, said on March 27 that he disagrees with the official explanation for the mass illness of children in Chechnya during the last several months—a nervous disorder—and believes instead that it was caused by poisoning. As Newsru.com reported on March 27, a mass outbreak of an unknown illness occurred in Chechnya’s Shelkovskoi district in the middle of last December. The first registered cases appeared ... >> full
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Washingtonpost: Chechnya Finally Closes Ad Hoc Graveyard
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/5/2006 8:53 AM Chechnya finally closes ad hoc graveyard Rasul Arapkhanov has tended an ad hoc rebels' cemetery in the Chechen capital Grozny for years -- but now he must look for another job. As Russian bombs fell on the city in 1999, and clashes between rebels and troops claimed hundreds of lives, the 70-year-old buried dead Chechen rebels in the Kirov Park to await a day when their relatives could come and take them home. "Every killed person had a label with his name and address. When the fight calmed down, the relatives and I opened the graves to move the body to his own graveyard," Arapkhanov said, as he stood outside his house on the outskirts of Grozny. "I was not hard to find. Everyone here knew that I looked after the graves. And I knew every path in the park." He was speaking after workers on Tuesday ... >> full
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CHECHNYA WEEKLY: What Made Chechen SchoolcHildren Ill?
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/5/2006 8:57 AM What made Chechen schoolchildren ill? As Russian sources reported on March 27, a mass outbreak of an unknown illness occurred in Chechnya's Shelkovskoi district in the middle of last December. The first registered cases appeared between December 7 and 19 among the students and staff of a middle school in the village of Starogladkovskaya. In all, 19 schoolchildren and three adults fell ill. The website of the Gazeta newspaper, Gzt.ru, reported on March 27 that the school children were diagnosed with poisoning. According to the website, a total of 87 people from the villages of Shelkovskaya, Shelkozavodskaya and Starogladovskaya were registered with symptoms that included suffocation, convulsions and "hysterical reactions." Shelkovskoi district head Khusein Nutaev claimed at the time that the cause of the illness was poisoning by a nerve or psychotropic gas. Sultan Alimkhadzhiev, chief of the Chechen Republican Children's Hospital, told ... >> full
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Chechnya Weekly - Volume VII, Issue 14
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From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24 (Original Message) Sent: 4/6/2006 3:28 PM Chechnya Weekly - Volume VII, Issue 14 April 6, 2006 IN THIS ISSUE: * Sadulaev: The Russians are Losing * Politkovskaya Condemns the New "Stalinism" * Bodies from Gozny Reburied * Abdurakhmanov Calls for Federal Pullout * Bombs Rock Ingushetia * U.S. Journalist Detained in Dagestan: The Kremlin Closes the Curtain on the North Caucasus By Andrei Smirnov -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SADULAEV: THE RUSSIANS ARE LOSING The Chechen separatist Daymohk website on April 3 published an address by Abdul-Khalim Sadulaev. The Chechen rebel president claimed his forces had destroyed "dozens of pieces of enemy equipment" on "all fronts of the war" this winter. "The most odious figures in the camp of the national traitors, who were decorated with medals and crosses by their bosses, have also been liquidated," Sadulaev said. "God has helped us to defeat them. The greatest successes have been achieved in Dagestan where the traitors' leaders have been wiped out. Successful combat operations are ... >> full
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Itar-Tass: EC To Issue More Funds For Conflict-Affected In Chechnya
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 4/7/2006 1:14 AM EC to issue more funds for conflict-affected in Chechnya 06.04.2006, 17.20 MOSCOW, April 6 (Itar-Tass) - The European Commission (EC) has approved providing 22 million euros in humanitarian aid for people affected by the conflict in Chechnya, an official of the Moscow EC office told Itar-Tass on Thursday. Beginning from the autumn of 1999, when the conflict stared anew, 196 million euros have been issued to Chechnya through the EC Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO). The EC is thus the largest donor in the region. Recipients of it are forced migrants and vulnerable groups of Chechnya, and forced migrants in Ingushetia and Dagestan. The funds are issued thorough ECHO whose head is European Commissioner Louis Michel. The new funds will be used to finance food distribution among people in the most vulnerable social conditions. The money is also intended for support of primary and vocational education, anti-mine safety training, a ... >> full
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