JULY 2006

From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 7/29/2006 4:13 PM
CHECHNYA WEEKLY
Volume 7, Issue 30 (July 27, 2006)
    
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
    
        
    
VIOLENCE PERSISTS DESPITE AMNESTY OFFER
RUSSIAN PROSECUTORS FILE NEW CHARGES AGAINST ZAKAEV
ZAKAEV ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS PEACE MANIFESTO
RELATIVES OF THE DISAPPEARED MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD
PUTIN AWARDS SECURITY PERSONNEL FOR KILLING BASAEV
RAMZAN GETS INSPECTED
BRIEFS
THE AMNESTY OFFENSIVE: BREAKING DOWN BASAEV'S NETWORK

    
VIOLENCE PERSISTS DESPITE AMNESTY OFFER

The death of Chechen rebel warlord Shamil Basaev (Chechnya Weekly, July 14) and Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Nikolai Patrushev’s offer of amnesty to Chechnya’s rebels (Chechnya Weekly, July 20) have been followed by a number of optimistic statements from federal and Chechen officials about the progress made against insurgents in Chechnya and the North Caucasus. On July 24, Interfax quoted Chechnya’s chief prosecutor, Valery Kuznetsov, as claiming that 46 rebels had surrendered since the start of July. On July 26, Caucasus Times quoted ...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 7/29/2006 11:38 PM
July 28th 2006 · RFE/RL & Prague Watchdog     
    
    
Authorities to give disabled status to Shelkovsky district children affected by strange illness

Following is a part of programme broadcast by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty's North Caucasus Service on June 27, 2006. For more programmes see http://www.watchdog.cz/rferl (in Russian only).


Authorities to give disabled status to Shelkovsky district children affected by strange illness

Baudi Martanov, presenter: While the republic’s authorities are occupied with politics, declaring an amnesty and making statements about Putin’s third term, the residents of Chechnya are living with the problems that have appeared as a result of those politics and the war. One of the problems is a previously unknown illness which has affected children in Shelkovsky district. The local authorities now intend to give twenty children of the group disabled status. However, it’s not known what name ...
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