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posted by FerrasB on June, 2005 as CHECHNYA
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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ehim Tastekin: WAR TORN CHECHNYA
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
WAR TORN CHECHNYA CHECHNYA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT OF THE CAUCASUS FOUNDATION. OCTOBER 2001 by Fehim Tastekin The people of Chechnya are driven into a second disaster on 23 August 1999 before they could have got rid of the huge destruction caused by the military operations of Russia that carried out in Chechnya. This small Republic of the geography of 16,000 km2, as it has highly strategic importance owing to its high quality oil reserves and being transit routes of pipelines, was subjected to the invasion of Russia again. Activities of some individual groups in Dagestan, who do not represent the Chechen people officially and are not approved by the legitimate government, which has come to power by an election, are used as justification for the entrance of the Russian Army into Chechnya. The terror activities that took place in Moscow on 31 August, 9 and 13 September 1999; in Buynaksk region of Dagestan on 4 ... >> full
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Chechenpress: A “Mullah In A Papakha” Has Become Deputy Of “Mufti In A Turbine"
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
June, 10, 2005 A “mullah in a papakha” has become the deputy of the “mufti in a turban” As it is known, the so-called "mufti of the Chechen Republic" according to the version of the Kremlin Ahmat Shamaev, who had been working at this FSB post for 5 years, "unexpectedly” declared the resignation "because of problems with health" in the end of May. The puppet radio station "Free Chechnya” (RS "FC") organized an interrogation in the site of its electronic version concerning "Why has the mufti of the Chechen Republic A. Shamaev retired?" These are the variants of answers of the edition and results of voting of the readers of this collaborate edition: "he has not coped with his duties" - 8 %, "he is a fair person" - 29 %, "he is simply tired" - 4 %, "he was made" " - 8 %, "he wanted a more prestigious post in Moscow ... >> full
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The New Times: How Chechen Books Were Persecuted
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
9/6/2005 Utter abuse causes protest About 150 residents of Borozdinovskaia, Shelkovskaia district, Chechnya, blocked the federal motorway Kavkaz ("Caucasus") on Wednesday, 8 June, at the crossing with the road from Kizlyar, Dagestan, to Grozny, Chechnya, not far from a police checkpoint, the press service of the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs told Interfax. The people demanded that the eleven residents of the village detained last Sunday in a special operation conducted by servicemen of the Chechen special battalion Vostok ("East") under Sulim Yamadayev's command should be released. Besides, they demanded that those servicemen of the battalion who are guilty of the death of one village resident should be held accountable. The road was blocked for several hours. Representatives of the Kizlyar District Division of Internal Affairs, Dagestan's Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the republican government came to meet the protesters. The road was unblocked after the negotiations, says the Internal Affairs Ministry. At the ... >> full
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The Chechen Society: T.Richardson: Chechnya Needs Humanitarian Assistance
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
Published: 9.06.2005 By Timur ALIYEV, The Chechen Society, 08.06.2005 -- In the beginning of spring of this year the Chechen Republic and Republic of Ingushetia was visited by the second secretary of embassy of USA in Russia Timothy Richardson. He has told about the purposes and results of the trip in exclusive interview to “The Chechen Society" newspaper. - Mr. Richardson, you only returned from a trip to Ingushetiya and Chechnya. What was the goal of this visit? - As refugee coordinator at the Embassy, I work with UN agencies and other humanitarian organizations in providing assistance to the North Caucasus, as well as dealing with refugee issues in other parts of Russia. This means that I travel to Chechnya and Ingushetiya to meet with these organizations, government officials and internally displaced persons to monitor the programs we support and to discuss further needs. The goal of course is to make sure that ... >> full
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