APRIL 2007

From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 4/27/2007 3:09 PM
April 27th 2007 · Prague Watchdog / Umalt Chadayev       
    
    
Grozny’s “Potemkin villages”

By Umalt Chadayev

In the city of Grozny the work of repair and restoration being widely advertised by both local and federal authorities is an almost round-the-clock operation. The city is literally changing before one’s eyes, but in the opinion of many experts the quality of the work merits serious criticism.

"It can’t be a bad thing that Grozny’s streets are being cleared of debris, building waste and household garbage, and semi-destroyed buildings restored. But the process of reconstruction is accompanied by a wide range of negative factors and various nuances which suggest that the emphasis is on the number of buildings being renovated and the quantity of the work rather than the quality of its implementation," says 54-year-old Grozny resident Usman Takayev, who in Soviet times worked as an ...
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rom: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 4/30/2007 4:52 PM
Christianization of the Chechen Republic and Ingushetia
Publication time: 30 April 2007, 10:09
On a photo: Priests of ROC (Russian Orthodox Church) and local Chechen munafiq-"imam" from Kurchalov region's "Islamic" institute together with Russian kafirs (disbelievers) from 14-th occupational commandant's office deployed in Kurchalov.

Priests of ROC participate in retaliatory operations against Muslims of Ingushetia and the Chechen Republic.

"Kavkaz-Center" has written repeatedly the active participation of priests of Russian Orthodox Church in genocide of Muslims of Northern Caucasus region. However till some time, participation of priests ROC in murders, retaliatory actions against the peaceful population especially was not advertised. Now, apparently, ROC-FSB have decided, that time for active promulgation of "heroic" feats of priests-security officers has come.

The missionary department of Yekaterinburg diocese ROC has released a press report in which they have mentioned about the successful retaliatory actions against the peaceful inhabitants of village Voznesenovskaya ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 4/30/2007 5:50 PM
26-Apr-07
Chechnya: A Dubious Amnesty

Militants who surrender voluntarily and are not protected by Ramzan Kadyrov are subsequently re-arrested.

By Laila Baisultanova in Grozny (CRS No. 389 26-Apr-07)
On January 13 this year, Temirkhan Magomedov went to the police headquarters in the Achkhoi-Martan district of western Chechnya to take up an amnesty on offer to armed rebels.

After an interrogation and identity check, he was declared amnestied and released. Then, on February 1, Magomedov was attacked by unknown people in civilian clothing in the village of Assinovskaya, forced at gunpoint into a car and driven away.

Later, Magomedov’s relatives found out that he was being held by police in the Urus-Martan district, accused of having planted a bomb in the town of Achkhoi-Martan.

The Achkhoi-Martan prosecutor’s office pressed charges against him under articles 208 and 222 of the Russian criminal code – involvement in illegal armed formations and illegal ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 5/11/2007 5:38 AM

Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Catastrophe in Chechnya: Escaping the Quagmire

With nearly 250 persons in attendance and presentations by Zbigniew Brzezinski and Ruud Lubbers, the conference was the largest event of its kind dedicated solely to Chechnya to be held in Washington DC.

Hosted by the American Enterprise Institute and co-sponsored by The American Committee for Peace in Chechnya, Amnesty International USA, Freedom House, the Jamestown Foundation, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, this event promises to be of great potential significance in articulating a new American attitude toward Russo-Chechen conflict.

Speakers include Zbigniew Brzezinski, Stephen Solarz, Lord Frank Judd, Ruud Lubbers, Ilyas Akhmadov, Fred Hiatt, Andrei Babitsky, Andrei Piontkovsky and more.

CLICK HERE to view video footage and photographs of the event.
CLICK HERE to see the transcript of this event.

Thursday, November 6, 2003, 4:30 pm - 6 pm
"A Difficult Road: Bringing Peace to Chechnya"
Sponsored by American University's ...
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