Guardian: Snipers, Poverty And Poor Roads, But Is This The Next Tourist Haven?
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posted by FerrasB on September, 2007 as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/28/2007 7:24 PM Snipers, poverty and poor roads, but is this the next tourist haven? After years of war, republic sees a new future as Russia's answer to Switzerland Tom Parfitt in Shatoy Saturday September 29, 2007 Guardian Black and ragged at the edges, the stain on the passenger window of Khasukha Demilkhanov's Volga saloon looks like a huge blot of ink. "Ah, that," he said. "Yes, the car is armour-plated. That's where a bullet hit the window. It stopped it, actually. Not bad, eh?" High in the hills of Shatoy region in southern Chechnya, assassination is a real threat for Mr Demilkhanov, 47, the head of the local government. Beyond Shatoy village heavily armed militants occupy the forested glens that climb to the border with Georgia. Last year his younger brother, another pro-Moscow official, was shot dead in his car by a rebel sniper. Buildings destroyed in fighting, terrible poverty and ... >> full
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New York Times: Under Iron Hand Of Russia’s Proxy, A Chechen Revival
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/30/2007 1:04 AM Under Iron Hand of Russia’s Proxy, a Chechen Revival Kazbek Vakhayev/European Pressphoto Agency Grozny, Chechnya’s capital, this year. By C. J. CHIVERS Published: September 30, 2007 GROZNY, Russia — In the evenings, unexpected sights appear in this city, which less than two years ago seemed beyond saving and repair. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Shakh Aivazov/Associated Press Grozny in 1995. Women stroll on sidewalks that did not exist last year. Teenagers cluster under newly installed street lights, chatting on cellphones. At a street corner, young men gather to race cars on a freshly paved road — a scene, considering that this is the capital of Chechnya, that feels out of place and from another time. Throughout the city, local officials, most of them former rebels who waged a nationalist Islamic insurgency against Russia, lounge in cafes, assault rifles idled beside them. Three years after a wave of guerrilla and terrorist attacks caused ... >> full
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KC: Ukrainian Nationalists Unveil Plaque In Honour Of Dudayev
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posted by FerrasB on as CHECHNYA
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/30/2007 9:25 AM Ukrainian nationalists unveil plaque in honour of Dudayev Publication time: 29 September 2007, 20:25 Not a long time ago the Poltava Region economic court upheld a suit by the Poltava city council and ruled that the Poltava Region State Administration should remove the memorial stone which was installed at the spot of a future memorial to Symon Petlyura [Ukrainian nationalist figure of early 20th century, who was born in Poltava] as such that contradicts the Ukrainian constitution and Ukrainian laws and was not agreed with the mayor's office. Now an even more scandalous memorial sign appeared in one of Poltava's residential districts. Representatives of the International anti-imperial front and the all-Ukrainian organization Tryzub [Trident] named after Stepan Bandera installed yesterday [20 September] on building No 6 in Nikitchenko Street a memorial plaque to commemorate the first president of Chechnya, Dzhokhar Dudayev, who lived in ... >> full
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KC: Doku Umarov's Attempts To Rebuild His Foundations
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/21/2007 9:31 PM Doku Umarov's attempts to rebuild his foundations Publication time: 20 September 2007, 22:01 A noticeable rise in insurgent activity has been observed during the summer of 2007. A link may exist with the recent policies of the Chechen leader, Doku Umarov, who has made new leadership appointments within the resistance movement. These changes are aimed at allowing the individual guerrilla units to function more independently and rely less on a central leader. It is well known that Shamil Basaev tried to concentrate all control over the ethnic-based insurgent groups of the North Caucasus into the hands of the Chechen commanders. This approach was not only militarily successful, but also politically beneficial for the Chechen leadership. The Chechen command was always extremely interested in widening the theater of operations to areas outside of Chechnya and worked hard to coordinate the actions of the various ethnic divisions ... >> full
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Prague Watchdog: Fourteenth Issue Of The Monthly Chechen Society Today Released
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 9/20/2007 7:44 AM September 18th 2007 · Prague Watchdog Fourteenth issue of the monthly Chechen Society Today released PRAGUE, September 18 - The fourteenth issue of the monthly Chechenskoye obshchestvo segodnya (Chechen Society Today) has been released. The issue opens with an account of a recent exhibit of more than 200 photographs by Russkii Reporter correspondent Yuliya Vishnevetskaya which was held from August 8 to 26 at the Andrei Sakharov Museum in Moscow. The photographs were accompanied by commentaries, and showed life on both sides of the Caucasus Ridge, highlighting the acute contrast between Georgia and Chechnya. The report also describes the Caucasus film festival, which ran concurrently with the exhibit, and the showing on August 17 of the film Crying Sun by Zarema Mutusheva. On August 25 there was a showing of Mariya Novikova's award-winning film Three Comrades [Tri Tovarishcha]. There is a special ... >> full
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