Chechnya Weekly - Volume VIII, Issue 30
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posted by FerrasB on July, 2007 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24 (Original Message) Sent: 7/26/2007 3:05 PM Chechnya Weekly - Volume VIII, Issue 30 July 26, 2007 IN THIS ISSUE: * Rebels and pro-Moscow Forces Exchange Fire Across Chechnya * Close Associate of Ingush President Murdered * ORB-2 Chief Replaced * Strasbourg Court Rules Against Russia for Novye Aldy Killings * Briefs * The Continuing Exodus of Ethnic Russians from the Caucasus By Mayrbek Vachagaev ---------------------------------------------------------------------Rebels and pro-Moscow Forces Exchange Fire Across Chechnya The past week saw yet another spate of rebel attacks in Chechnya (Chechnya Weekly, July 12). ITAR-Tass reported on July 19 that two policemen were killed and three wounded when their outpost came under fire near the village of Assinovskaya in Chechnya’s Sunzhensky district earlier that day. The news agency quoted a Chechen Interior Ministry source as saying that an armed group of up to 10 people had fired on the police officers with automatic weapons at the police post, located on the Kavkaz federal highway. “One ... >> full
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AFX: SKorea May Invest Up To 2 Billion Dollars In Chechnya, Says Official
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Prev Discussion Next Discussion Send Replies to My Inbox Reply Recommend Message 1 of 1 in Discussion From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/21/2007 1:52 AM (AFX UK Focus) 2007-07-19 01:59 GMT: SKorea may invest up to 2 billion dollars in Chechnya, says official GROZNY, Russia (Thomson Financial) - South Korea is to invest up to two billion dollars in Russia's war-shattered republic of Chechnya, a Chechen official told Agence France-Presse on Wednesday. Projects were discussed during a recent visit by a spokesman for South Korea's President Roh Moo-Hyun as well as business and bank leaders to the Chechen capital Grozny. "South Korea is interested in the construction of a new residential area for 50,000 people and the construction of a brickyard ... which will help in resolving the housing problem in the republic" caused by the war, the Chechen capital's administrative chief Muslim Khuchiyev told AFP. He estimated the total investment at ... >> full
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Prague Watchdog: Chechen Homes - Silent Reminders
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/18/2007 9:21 AM July 18th 2007 · Prague Watchdog / Ruslan Isayev Chechen homes - silent reminders By Ruslan Isayev For every Chechen male, the building of a house is part of his task in life, on a par with having a large family and raising children, so that he need not be ashamed of them in front of others. For many it is at the very least a lifetime's work. Chechens love to build and are good at it. Even in ancient times the building of a home was considered an important milestone in one’s life. But it had to be completed in one year: if the deadline was not met, the structure was deemed unsuitable for living in, and was abandoned. Many of these unfinished edifices still stand today, just as the builders left them. In more recent history, every Chechen has traditionally ... >> full
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Caucasian Knot: Facts Of Incredible Corruption Are Investigated In Chechnya
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/18/2007 3:06 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 17/7/2007 Facts of incredible corruption are investigated in Chechnya Corruption in Chechnya is prospering at all social levels and has reached unbelievable scale. The Republic's Public Prosecutor Valery Kuznetsov made this statement in his interview to the "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" newspaper published today. Mr Kuznetsov has informed, in particular, that now the Chechen Prosecutor's Office is busy investigating an unprecedented criminal case based on more than 4,500 forged applications for reception of compensatory payments for destroyed housing facilities. According to the Public Prosecutor, it is the case of the sum of almost 1.5 billion roubles. "Whole city districts have been revealed that existed only on paper, and people, meanwhile, received 350,000 roubles each for their allegedly ruined houses," Prosecutor Kuznetsov explained and added that despite the well-developed verification procedure of the documents submitted for reception of compensations, "the larceny of budgetary money was on ... >> full
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CK: European Court's Decision Obliges To Investigate Into Activities Of The...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/17/2007 11:37 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 13/7/2007 European Court's decision obliges to investigate into activities of the Oktiabrskiy VOVD of the Chechen capital Chechnya needs a laboratory for identification of body remains found in mass and individual burials that abandon in the Republic. This conclusion can be drawn from the decision of the European Court announced on July 12 on the case of violent disappearance of Magomadov brothers, Kirill Koroteev, a lawyer of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" who represented the applicants' interests in Strasbourg, said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The decision of the European Court that has found the authorities of Russia guilty of violent disappearance and death of Ayubkhan Magomadov confirms the long available information that people used to disappear and die in the Oktiabrskiy VOVD (Temporary District Interior Department). Passage by the European Court of this decision obliges the Russian authorities not only to ... >> full
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