Chechnya Weekly-June 16, 2005 - Volume VI, Issue 23
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posted by FerrasB on June, 2005 as CHECHNYA
Chechnya Weekly-June 16, 2005 - Volume VI, Issue 23 IN THIS ISSUE: * Chechen authorities admit upswing in abductions * Rebels' relatives are targeted * Beatings become endemic * Rebels and federals continue to trade blows * Melinkova: over 25,000 Russian soldiers killed since 1999 * Kulaev trial provides new Beslan details * Tenth anniversary of Budennovsk raid * Tension builds in Dagestan * Briefs --------------------------------------------------------------------- CHECHEN AUTHORITIES ADMIT UPSWING IN ABDUCTIONS Chechnya's State Council held a session on June 15 devoted to the issue of combating kidnappings and searching for missing citizens during which it was stated that 63 criminal cases arising from 70 abductions have been opened in the republic since the beginning of the year and that the number of kidnappings sharply increased in May. "Abductions remain a factor that can seriously destabilize the situation in the Chechen Republic," Interfax quoted Abu Aliev, deputy chairman of the State Council, as saying. He added that "impunity" is the prime cause of ... >> full
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UNPO: European Parliament Condemns Russian Government On Chechnya
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European Parliament condemns Russian government on Chechnya 17.06.2005 - 00:00:51 Chechen Leadership Renews Commitment to Conflict Resolution Following the visit of the Chechen delegation to the European Parliament, for the first time in two years, the European Parliament condemned, in a non binding document, the Russian government for its policies regarding Chechnya. Chechen Leadership Renews Commitment to Conflict Resolution On the occasion of the debate on European Union (EU) Russia relations, a top level delegation of the Government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, lead by the General Representative abroad of the Chechen President, Umar Khanbiev, presented the platform of the newly appointed president Abdul Khalim Sadulaev, successor of Aslan Maskhadov. The Chechen delegation confirmed that the choice and direction of the new Chechen leader Sadulaev will continue along the lines traced by Maskhadov, seeking a negotiated solution with the Russian counterpart and with the active involvement of international institutions, in particular the EU. The delegation had ... >> full
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Prague Watchdog: "Bes" Begins Election Campaign In Chechnya
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"Bes" begins election campaign in Chechnya By Ruslan Isayev The parliamentary election campaign that got off to a start during the past week has already managed to make itself known by its first scandal when, after several years of absence, the republic saw Beslan Gantamirov, former Mayor of Grozny, and ex-Minister of Press and Information appear on the political scene. Gantamirov intends taking a very active part in the parliamentary elections scheduled for mid-November this year. By appearing on the scene, he is not only able to reshuffle the cards in the republic’s present leadership, but has also provided the basis for rumors about a possible change in the federal centre's policy in Chechnya. His appearance is connected with a recent incident that took place in his native village of Gekhi where at the end of May a unit of "Kadyrovites" conducted an unauthorized search of his brother’s house and confiscated several firearms. In ... >> full
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BRIEFS --IVANOV DEFENDS ULMAN VERDICT On June 6, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov defended last month's acquittal by a Rostov jury of GRU Captain Eduard Ulman and three subordinates on charges of murdering six Chechen civilians in January 2002. Ivanov also attacked Russia's chief military prosecutor, Colonel-General Aleksander Savenkov, for criticizing the verdict. Savenkov had denounced the verdict as bearing "no relation to the question of justice" and said no one doubted the four servicemen committed a crime and should be punished (see Chechnya Weekly, May 25). NTV quoted Ivanov as saying to Savenkov in response: "Without going into the details of the investigation, which has been going on for four years, I must say that I do not understand how it is possible to say that the acquittal of a group of servicemen in a jury trial has no relation to justice. For what, then, have jury trials been created and are ... >> full
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June, 08, 2005 Chechens as a nightmare - 2 In the article "Chechens as a nightmare" we tried to give a brief report of expansion of the armed part of our people against great and small powers of the modernity: from China and India in the east, up to Mexico and the USA in the West, including such intermediate countries as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia. Some readers have fairly reproached us with their letters that we did not mentioned France, where Chechens were noticed at attempts to blow up the Eiffel Tower, Spain, where our good fellows eclipsed and rejected Basques from the ETA to the information boondocks, and also foggy Albion, where Chechens, according to the reports of local competent bodies, all the time were striving to poison the London underground with some chemical muck. Recently, according to the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, also Uzbekistan is included ... >> full
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