Jamestown Foundation/Chechnya Weekly: Volume VIII, Issue 28 (July 12, 2007)
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posted by FerrasB on July, 2007 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN Nicknamepsychoteddybear24 (Original Message) Sent: 7/12/2007 2:16 PM Chechnya Weekly - Volume VIII, Issue 28 July 12, 2007 IN THIS ISSUE: * Rebels Step Up Attacks in Chechnya… * … Ingushetia and Dagestan * Strasbourg Court Again Rules against Russia in Chechnya-Related Case * Briefs * Growing Distrust of Kadyrov in Russian Political Circles By Andrei Smirnov * Moscow's Guessing Game over Rebel Strategy By Andrei Smirnov * Dagestan in Crisis By Mayrbek Vachagaev -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rebels Step Up Attacks in Chechnya… In a fresh sign that the rebels in Chechnya are becoming more active, three Russian servicemen were killed on July 9 when a convoy of Interior Ministry vehicles was ambushed in the republic’s Vedeno district. Nezavisimaya gazeta reported on July 10 that the attack began when a mine detonated under an armored personnel carrier that was the convoy’s lead vehicle, after which rebels opened fire with automatic weapons on the five Ural trucks that were following the APC. According to the newspaper, the shooting ... >> full
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KC: Russia 'Ordered Murder Of Chechen Moderate'
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/8/2007 2:59 PM Russia 'ordered murder of Chechen moderate' Publication time: 7 July 2007, 11:24 Allegations that the Kremlin deliberately killed moderate rebels in order to prolong the war in Chechnya gained fresh impetus yesterday after the European Court of Human Rights blamed Russia for the disappearance of the republic's former parliamentary speaker. Ruslan Alikhadzhyev was seized from his home in the Chechen town of Shali in May 2000. He was never seen again. A critic of the extreme Islamists within the Chechen rebel movement, Mr Alikhadzhyev was widely seen as a moderate and had called for a negotiated settlement to end the brutal war in the separatist republic. Critics of the Kremlin have long argued that Russia's armed forces deliberately targeted moderate rebels who wanted to sue for peace, while allowing extremists to escape. They claim that President Vladimir Putin benefited politically from a popular war, while many Russian commanders ... >> full
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Caucasian Knot: Russia To Pay Out Over 42,000 Euros For Kidnapping And Death...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/6/2007 7:51 AM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 5/7/2007 Russia to pay out over 42,000 euros for kidnapping and death of Chechen Parliament's Speaker The European Court for Human Rights has recognized today that Ruslan Alihadjiev, Speaker of Chechen Parliament, was kidnapped by Russian authorities and became "a victim of violent disappearance," Kirill Koroteev, a lawyer of the HRC "Memorial" who is providing legal support to the relatives of the former head of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI), told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. The Court found violations of Articles 2 (the right to live) and 5 (the right to freedom and personal inviolability) of the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to Alihajiev. "The fact that his mother could not get any information on the fate of her disappeared son from the authorities was recognized by the Court to be a violation of the prohibition ... >> full
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Moscow Times: Chechen Wins In Strasbourg
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/6/2007 2:22 PM Friday, July 6, 2007 Chechen Wins in Strasbourg The Associated Press STRASBOURG, France -- The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday found Russian authorities responsible for the presumed killing of a former speaker of the Chechen parliament in 2000, and ordered the government to pay his mother 40,000 euros ($54,500) in damages. In the latest ruling against Russia over the Chechen conflict, the court also found that federal agents and the government violated Europe's human rights convention on four other counts, including the failure to properly investigate the kidnapping and presumed death of Ruslan Alikhadzhiyev, speaker of Chechnya's parliament from 1997 to 1999. The convention is legally binding on all 47 members of the Council of Europe, including Russia. Alikhadzhiyev was arrested in his house in Shali, Chechnya, by a large group of camouflaged, armed men on May 17, 2000, in an operation supported by four, ... >> full
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Prague Watchdog: Ulman Case Continues To Alarm Chechen Public Opinion
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 7/5/2007 6:44 AM July 4th 2007 · Prague Watchdog / Ruslan Isayev Ulman case continues to alarm Chechen public opinion By Ruslan Isayev CHECHNYA – The recent statement by Duma deputy Dmitry Rogozin and the subsequent announcement by the Rostov-on-Don district prosecutor’s office that it intends to conduct searches at the homes of the relatives of the people who were murdered by the Ulman group have seriously disturbed public opinion in Chechnya. The official authorities have so far been sparing with their comments, but their attitude is clear, as both the Public Chamber and the Chechen Human Rights Ombudsman have made sharp rebuttals to Rogozin and the prosecutor’s office. The notion put about by these latter sources that Russian spetsnaz officers Ulman, Kalagansky and Voyevodin, who have deliberately evaded justice, could have been kidnapped by human rights defenders or by relatives of the six people ... >> full
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