JULY 2005

From: The Chechen Society Newspaper <iorta@...>
Date: Mon Jul 4, 2005  3:06 am
Subject: The Chechen Society Newspaper, #13, July 04 2005     

 
Chechen Society newspaper, # 13(51), June 04, 2005

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Andre Gluksmann: "If Putin has an ally, it is Basaev"
Part I
Interviewed by Alan TSKHURBAEV

Chechnya Rocks
Interviewed by Timur ALIEV



Andre Gluksmann:

«If Putin has an ally, it is Basaev”

Part I

The French philosopher and publicist Andre Gluksmann fights totalitarian regimes
from all over the world. In Russia he is famous for his extremely negative
attitude towards the actions of the federal forces in the North Caucasus. His
proposals to extend the war in Chechnya sometimes sounds very radical indeed and
go as far as sending arms to Chechnya. This kind of anti-Kremlin position has
lead to this French defender of the people of the Caucasus being declared as
persona non-grata in Russia. This was shown in 2002, for example, when Andre
Gluksmann was only able to get onto Chechen Territory illegally.

Interviewed by ...
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Chechen People Need Peace, Not Just Reconstruction Aid

2005-06-27

UNPO Press Conference on Initiative of EU Aid to Chechnya

Although the Russian-Chechen conflict is over two centuries old, tensions between the two states are still running strong. Today, the Chechen people are subject to routine human rights abuses in the form of torture and execution. Beset by poverty, disease and psychological trauma - products of the Russia invasion - they struggle to rebuild their lives and their country.

The UNPO Conference on the Russian-Chechen conflict comes at a critical time. The EU is currently negotiating the granting of 20 million euros in “development aid” to Chechnya to establish education, health, and employment initiatives. While France, the UK, and Germany support the proposal for aid, critics argue that Russia - and not Europe - should be held responsible for reconstructing Chechnya.

Even the name of the proposed fund is mired in controversy. Chechens and critics of ...
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Chechnya Weekly - Volume VI, Issue 26
July 7, 2005 – Volume VI, Issue 26

IN THIS ISSUE:
* Dagestani militant leader killed following terror attacks
* Assassinations continue in Dagestan
* Chechnya's war grinds on
* Sadulaev reportedly backs unconditional talks
* Basaev enters Olympics fray
* ACPC calls for moral clarity on Chechnya
* Chechen rock concert postponed
* Briefs

DAGESTANI MILITANT LEADER KILLED FOLLOWING TERROR ATTACKS

The level of terrorist violence in Dagestan, which was already high, increased precipitously over the last week with a series of large-scale bombings and assassinations. The authorities, however, scored an apparent success on July 6, when security forces reportedly killed the leader of the republic's armed Islamist insurgency.

Russian Deputy Interior Minister Andrei Novikov told Itar-Tass that Rasul Makasharipov, head of the Jennet organization and its successor group, the Sharia Jamaat, was killed along with a member of the group, Shamil Kebedov, in a special operation on Gazhiev Street in Dagestan's capital, Makhachkala. A ...
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Jule, 09, 2005

Abdul-Halim Sadulaev: "We promise Russians war up to the victorious end!"

Continued From Previous...

- What priority faces you and your adherents at the given stage of the war? Supporters of what state model in the Chechen Republic are the fighters of the Resistance battling for independence of the republic?

The Chechen people answered this question unequivocally, when the course to the state sovereignty was proclaimed.

Chechens achieve construction of a free, Islamic state having a good-neighborhood with all neighbors, including with Russia , constructed on mutual trust and respect to each other. On the way of construction of this state a lot of blood of sons and daughters of the Chechen people is shed. And today we have many mojaheds participating in the sacred Jihad and ready to sacrifice their lives at any time for the sake of the achievement of the object in view on the way of construction of ...
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Chechen activists rally in Grozny to seek retrial in Ulman case
July 7th 2005 · Prague Watchdog / Ruslan Isayev

By Ruslan Isayev

GROZNY, Chechnya - A rally took place in Grozny on Wednesday against the court decision of the jury which in May this year acquitted a group of Russian spetsnaz soldiers under the command of Eduard Ulman.

Chechen human rights activists and NGO representatives gathered on one of Grozny’s squares and demanded not only a retrial, but also the transfer of the court proceedings to Chechnya – the scene of the crime.

The protest action lasted almost all day. Anyone who wished to was able to sign on the spot the petition addressed to the Prosecutor General and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation demanding that the acquittal verdict be overturned.

The action’s organizer was the Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship. The organization’s co-chairman Minkail Ezhiyev said that by their decision to acquit the ...
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