IWPR: Adygeia’s President Confronts Kremlin
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posted by FerrasB on April, 2006 as Imperialism
Adygeia’s President Confronts Kremlin 13-Apr-06 Leader puts his future – and that of his small republic – on the line. By Marieta Kumpilova in Maikop (CRS No. 335, 13-Apr-06) The president of the small North Caucasian republic of Adygeia is engaged in a showdown in which the stake is not only his own political survival, but that of Adygeia itself. Khazret Sovmen, the metal-industry magnate who has been leader of Adygeia for the past four years, met the head of President Vladimir Putin’s administration on April 11 after publicly criticising Putin’s representative for the Southern Federal District – which includes the North Caucasus - Dmitry Kozak. Before the meeting, Sovmen said he hoped to receive an expression of “full confidence” from the Kremlin, “if there is no negative interference from the Southern Federal District”. Kozak has lent his support to a proposal that would see Adygeia lose its status as an autonomous republic within Russia, and merged ... >> full
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IWPR: Adygeia’s President Confronts Kremlin
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Adygeia’s President Confronts Kremlin 13-Apr-06 Leader puts his future – and that of his small republic – on the line. By Marieta Kumpilova in Maikop (CRS No. 335, 13-Apr-06) The president of the small North Caucasian republic of Adygeia is engaged in a showdown in which the stake is not only his own political survival, but that of Adygeia itself. Khazret Sovmen, the metal-industry magnate who has been leader of Adygeia for the past four years, met the head of President Vladimir Putin’s administration on April 11 after publicly criticising Putin’s representative for the Southern Federal District – which includes the North Caucasus - Dmitry Kozak. Before the meeting, Sovmen said he hoped to receive an expression of “full confidence” from the Kremlin, “if there is no negative interference from the Southern Federal District”. Kozak has lent his support to a proposal that would see Adygeia lose its status as an autonomous republic within Russia, and merged ... >> full
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Itar-Tass: Anti-Terrorist Center In Nalchik Attacked
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Anti-terrorist center in Nalchik attacked
12.04.2006, 12.45
NALCHIK, April 12 (Itar-Tass) -- Unidentified gunmen have attacked the building of the local anti-terrorist center “T” of Kabardino-Balkaria’s Interior Ministry with a grenade launcher. One of the attackers was killed, sources in the republic’s law enforcement have told Itar-Tass.
Kabardino-Balkaria’s Prosecutor Yuri Ketov said the grenade exploded on the T-center premises on a watchtower. An investigation is in progress. The incident occurred at about 12:00 Moscow time.
http://itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=6268783&PageNum=1
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Prague Watchdog: Mass Grave Discovered In Grozny...
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Mass grave discovered in Grozny contains bodies of guerrillas and civilians By Umalt Chadayev CHECHNYA - In early April it was reported that a mass grave had been discovered in the grounds of Kirov Park, in Grozny’s Leninsky district. The remains of a total of 57 people have been extracted from the place. According to representatives of the law enforcement agencies, six bodies have not yet been identified. It is planned to send their remains to the South Russian city of Rostov-on-Don for forensic medical examination. One of the inhabitants of Grozny who was an eyewitness of the sad events told Prague Watchdog’s correspondent that the burial of people in the grounds of Kirov Park took place in the winter of 2000, when Russian soldiers stormed the Chechen capital. "Someone was buried there almost every day,” says 44-year-old Adlan. "After all, it was precisely in January-February 2000 that Grozny underwent the most intensive shelling and ... >> full
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osNews: Ukraine’s Choice Is EU, Not Russia — Foreign Minister
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posted by FerrasB on as Imperialism
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk / Photo from http://www.brama.com Ukrainian Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk / Photo from http://www.brama.com Ukraine’s Choice is EU, Not Russia — Foreign Minister 08.04.2006 MosNews As Ukraine has chosen “the road of democratic development”, attempts to force the country to make a choice between the EU and Russia are provocative, the Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk told UNIAN news agency. “Ukraine has conscientiously chosen the road of democratic development, European and Euro-Atlantic integration, as stipulated by the Supreme Rada (parliament). That is why the question about the choice is provocative in itself. The choice has been made. Once and for all,” Tarasyuk answered a question regarding a recent statement by his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to the effect that sometimes certain European countries urge Ukraine to choose whether it is with Russia or with Europe. He stressed, however, that Ukraine is not on the receiving end of either the EU policy or the Russia’s ... >> full
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